Frank Lampard has always been close to Roman Abramovich. As a player, Lampard was one of a select few to have the Chelsea owner’s number, and use it.As the club’s manager, he had close friend and former team-mate Petr Cech beside him as technical and performance advisor.Lampard is the club’s all-time leading goalscorer, knows all of the hierarchy well, and is an icon with a large chunk of the fanbase.It did not save him.An ever-increasing number of the Blues faithful had turned against him in recent weeks - but they weren’t the only ones.There have been tensions in the dressing-room, and a fear had developed in the corridors of power that Lampard was simply out of his depth.Some of Chelsea’s players thought he was saying goodbye when he.
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