César Azpilicueta says "Frank Lampard has brought unity to Chelsea"

César Azpilicueta Says "Frank Lampard Has Brought Unity To Chelsea"

César Azpilicueta says he believes that Chelsea will approach the new season with a new sense of unity as a result of Frank Lampard's appointment.

The team is ready to embrace the manager’s insistence, they take responsibility and mount a challenge despite setbacks over recent months.

Lampard has seen players take up pre-season training in Dublin in two waves, and will have more than 30 from which to choose for Saturday’s second friendly, against St Patrick’s Athletic. Hazard’s move to Real constituted a blow but there is an acceptance that life goes on.

“Since I came here we’ve had people leave every season: Lampard, John Terry, Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole, Petr Cech,” Azpilicueta said. “We could never imagine that Chelsea would win the trophy without those quality players, and always knew replicating the success of the great players would be difficult.

“But every year we’ve had the chance to bring trophies back to the Bridge. Now we have something unusual – the transfer ban which gives a chance for a lot of young players, players coming back from loan. Sarri is gone, his choice, and now we have to move on. We are not going to win anything thinking about the past or complaining.”