Frank Lampard

When we speak, we spoke after all the games that we played.

I think we played them three times in the league twice and in the FA Cup now.

And we have good conversations.

It's fine.

I wish him very well.

he was speaking to all the players because he's got lots of relationship he was wishing them all the best saying he hopes that we get promoted you know that's very nice and that's it he's a football person and I think he respects opposition as I do so we've sat and chatted a lot after games

Well, I wish all coaches well in this league because I know the demands of it.

And specifically, of course, I wish English managers well because I am one and I understand it.

And how hard it is?

Well, firstly, you have to be a club that has the tools to win the Premier League.

And not many clubs have that.

If you only look at the last...

years and you go on English manager hasn't won the Premier League but you look back a lot of those years where Manchester City have been dominant where Chelsea were dominant with foreign managers sort of in my era so there's a lot of you have to have the tools as a manager to be able to do it because the success you can have will only be relative to what you're working with so you have to be at the minute you look at it and go Liverpool and Man City had that dominant period where you felt that only they would win the league now Arsenal are absolutely in that equation

So an English manager has to do what everybody else has to do, has to work in every job they've got to try and move up the ladder to potentially get that chance.

And we've got some good quality English managers, I truly believe that.

And I think it's worth over-analysing.

Good coaches, it doesn't matter where they're from, they come and do a good job and they maximise themselves at the jobs that they're working at, whether they're English or foreign, etc.

We're blessed that we've got the greatest leagues in the world, in my opinion.

The Premier League is the best and this championship is as exciting as any league in the world.

So let's just enjoy it and not focus too much on the individuals.