Gary Neville: Frank Lampard needs to be ruthless to win titles

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Gary Neville: Frank Lampard needs to be ruthless to win titles

"I was most nervous for Ole, and Frank Lampard for that matter, because of their development as young coaches because you know they are going to be judged on days like Sunday," Gary Neville said on the Gary Neville podcast.

"All of those things will have come Ole and Frank's way had thing not gone their way on Sunday, but now they can just relax into their jobs. Not too much though, because next season will come around quickly.

"Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp are at a different level as coaches, they are at the peak of their careers while Ole and Frank are at the very beginning. Solskjaer and Lampard haven't had that time [more than 3 years at their clubs] yet, but they are showing they are going in the right direction.

"What Manchester United and Chelsea need now is to not think this is OK. The big mistake these two clubs could make would be to think they are going catch Manchester City and Liverpool, they won't if they don't improve by another 10-15 per cent.

"When Liverpool got nearly there, they spent £150m on Alisson and Virgil van Dijk. Manchester City invested £150m in full-backs when Guardiola didn't win in his first season and a goalkeeper.

"If you look at every team that's won titles, they all have dominant centre-backs and great goalkeepers - Alisson, Van Dijk, Vincent Kompany, Ederson, John Terry, Petr Cech, Jaap Stam, Steve Bruce, Peter Schmeichel, Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, David Seaman.

"You've got to be ruthless, the best managers in the world are ruthless. Frank and Ole have got to be ruthless with their boards."

We don't usually agree with Neville, but he's right here - Lampard has already signed the likes of Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech, but the Blues can't be complacent and need to target defensive options in order to go all the way and capture the league title.

Lampard previously said that a little bit of arrogance and the 'edge' is needed in order to succeed, and we are sure that he is already thinking of how to do better next season than he did in his debut campaign.

AuthorTaha MemonSourceGary Neville Podcast
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