The ‘fight’ in Scott Parker marked him out as a future manager, according to his former team-mate Frank Lampard. Fulham boss Parker is facing the biggest battle of his life to keep Chelsea's west London rivals in the Premier League.
Parker and Lampard were colleagues for club and country, while they have also spent time together on holiday. But Blues manager Lampard admits that sometimes it can be more satisfying to beat a friend than an enemy.
He said: “I definitely saw fight in Scott when he was here at Chelsea and I guess he would have wanted to play more. “He left to play, which is always a great sign.
He went to play more and his career was fantastic wherever he went after that, and his England career. “That’s a sign of the
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