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Are Chelsea Getting There?

Are Chelsea Getting There?

Frank Lampard had a clear challenge of making this side cohere. Is he doing it?

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Grace Robertson
Dec 10, 2020
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When Chelsea hired Frank Lampard, it meant a pretty big reset.

In just about every campaign since Roman Abramovich bought the club, the expectation was fairly obvious: win the league. Claudio Ranieri failed to do so in 2003/04, so he was sacked. Jose Mourinho won back to back league titles, setting new records in terms of points and goals conceded, but t…

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