“I can tell you here now: He will go right to the top, right to the very top.
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Aaron Baratas . Hes got everything thats needed to be a top midfield
player. His attitude is first class, hes got strength, he can play, he can pass
it and he can score goals,” prophesized Harry Redknapp. Its fall 1996, a West
Ham supporters summit and a clearly agitated Redknapp had just been taken to
task for selecting then-18-year old Frank Lampard ahead of other more
experienced players. Lampard had made his debut in West Hams starting XI away to
Arsenal just a few months earlier. Substituted in a losing cause, Lampard would
feature in only 13 matches during that 1996-97 campaign. It was a season in
which he picked up more yellow cards than he scored goals. Redknapp knew full
well even back then West Ham had unearthed a gem. So likely did his assistant
coach and ex-teammate at West Ham, Frank Lampard Sr. Playing in an era of
outrageously inflated transfer prices Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri was astute
back in the summer of 2001 to pay West Ham £11m [$20m CAD] to acquire Lampards
services. "Hopefully I can test myself against the best players in Europe and we
can contest for trophies,” Lampard was quoted as saying at the time. Three
Premier League titles, four FA Cups, a Europa League and Champions League crown
later, Lampard has decided his Chelsea playing days are now behind him and on
his own terms. Although still under contract until June 30, the clubs all-time
leading scorer (211 goals) made the announcement to coincide with Englands
arrival into Miami. Lampard wants to be fully focused on what will be his third
World Cup Finals. Amassing close to 600 appearances, only two players have ever
appeared more times in a Chelsea shirt. over the course of his 13 seasons
Lampard is without exception one of Chelseas greatest ever players. Not wanting
to name him their best ever, the tribute on the clubs web site strongly implied
Lampard was their best ever midfield player. It was Lampard who scored both
goals in the game against Bolton in April 2005 which handed Chelsea their first
title in exactly 50 years. Breaking the club scoring record which had stood for
over four decades towards the very end of the 2012-13 season Lampards most
important goal for the club occurred in the second leg of the 2008 Champions
League semi-final in a game against arch-rivals Liverpool, which I was very
privileged to attend. Lampard was not even expected to play that day. He had
recently missed a pair of Premier League games to be at the bedside of his
gravely ill mother, who sadly passed away a few days after the first leg. Play
though he did, the Chelsea players wore black arm bands in memory of Lampards
mother. The tie was very delicately poised after the first leg at Anfield had
finished 1-1. Chelsea with the away goal were slight favourites going in, but
Liverpool had got the better of Chelsea twice at this stage in 2005 and 2007.
Didier Drogba opened the scoring, for Fernando Torres to level it just after the
hour mark. Extra time loomed, it was a very highly charged Stamford Bridge. Less
than 10 minutes into extra time after Michael Ballack was bought down in the
area Chelsea were awarded a penalty. Up stood Frank Lampard. Hands on his hips,
he stood at the edge of the box and waited for what must have seemed like an
eternity as Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina did his best to delay and distract.
Lampard was having none of it. The ref blew the whistle, and with that
trademarked run up to the ball he sent Reina the wrong way as he slotted the
ball into the far right corner. Lampard took off for the opposite corner flag,
and took with him the hearts of the 40,000 plus Chelsea supporters inside
Stamford Bridge. As he got close to the corner flag he slowed down to remove his
black arm band, then with his hands covering his face Lampard slumped to his
knees. Joined by his teammates, there was no celebration when Lampard emerged
with all emotion completely drained from his face. On running back to the
halfway line Lampard looked up in the direction of where his dad and other
members of his family were gathered. He waved and blew a kiss to them. The match
finished 3-2 and Chelsea were off to their first Champions League Final. Away
from the pitch Lampard is an all-too-rare breed when it comes to English
footballers. Intelligent, staunchly working class, he attended a private high
school where he was one of the more promising students. Not everyone aced Latin,
Lampard did. In 2009 Chelsea conducted IQ tests on the playing squad. Although
the club did not officially reveal the results it was reported Lampard scored
over 150. That places him in Bill Gates territory. In March this year Lampard
launched the BPLs annual childrens reading challenge held each season in
conjunction with the National Literary Trust. Lampard disclosed his favorite
book was a biography on U.S. President Abraham Lincoln... All 900 pages of it.
Lampard the family man was also to surface shortly after 2009s highly published
break-up with his fiancée, Elen Rives the mother of his two children. A London
radio station talk show host openly criticized Lampard on the basis of a
newspaper article which had quoted Rives. So incensed by the inaccuracy of the
hosts comments Lampard called in live to the show and put the record straight in
a conversation which lasted 10 minutes. I cant imagine there would be too many
other BPL players who would take such initiative. Petra Cech referred to Lampard
as one of the most influential players of all time in the Premier League. Make
that on and off the pitch. Hell be dearly missed at Chelsea. When he met the
press ahead of Englands World Cup tune-up on Wednesday he said he would return
to Stamford Bridge to attend matches. Lampard lives within walking distance to
the ground. Abramovich has offered to keep a job open for him. On June 20
Lampard will turn 36. Having already played Italy and Uruguay by then, Englands
fate in the group stage may already have been decided. Lampard will walk away
from the international arena at the conclusion of Englands World Cup. Chelsea,
and Englands loss will be MLS gain. Noel Butler can be reached at:
[email protected] Twitter: @TheSoccerNoel TSN Radio is an official
licensed radio broadcaster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. Action gets
underway Thursday, June 12 with Brazil vs. Croatia. Kick Off is at 4pm et /1pm
pt.
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Mark Washington.
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one-year contract with centre Roberto Garza.
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Coyotes handled the best.MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have come to terms with
Spanish midfielder Gorka Larrea. The 30-year-old Larrea played 22 games in
Spains La Liga with Real Sociedad from 2003 to 2006 and Levante UD in 2010. He
also played more than 100 games in Spanish second division with Real Sociedad,
UD Almeria, Levante UD and CD Numancia. The central midfielder has also appeared
in seveeral Copa del Rey games over his career.
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Kayano 20 Comprar. On the international scene, Larrea represented Spain at
various youth levels, making 15 appearances from the U16 to U23 levels. He was
part of the team that won the 2001 UEFA European U16 Championship, which
included striker Fernando Torres, and also helped the Spanish U23 side win the
2005 Mediterranean Games.
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