Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says he doesn’t want to put pressure on his Kai Havertz but said the youngster should be given time to prove himself in the Premier League.
Kai Havertz performance in the league have a raised a lot of question after a big money transfer from is former club Bayern Leverkusen in the summer as been fault by observers for not putting in good effort for his side when selected.
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The blues boss stated that from working with 21 years old he believes that he has gotten the talent and believes that everything can not happen in a few months or in a single performance.
“From working with Kai, desire is absolutely not any part of the issue,’ said Lampard.
“He has an absolute clear talent. He has a style where if things aren’t coming off people want to jump on, I have seen that in some amazing players over the years. But let me tell you, his desire, the ground he covers in games, is big. The numbers and the data are big.
“Is his confidence at this minute as right as it can be or will be? No, because he’s having a tough moment, as are other members of the squad.
“I can make comparisons to players who were here at a similar age to Kai: Kevin De Bruyne and Mo Salah. They went away, took time and came back and now they are absolute Premier League legends.
“I don’t want to build Kai up and put pressure on his shoulders, but with young players coming to this league people have to give them time and patience, and sometimes a little bit of wriggle room,’ added Lampard.
“It’s not that everything will happen in a few months or in one performance. In an ideal world we would be playing better as a team and you could just stick Kai in when everything is good. It’s not like that, but I definitely want to put to bed anything about a lack of desire.
“I know him well, he’s a good lad, and my job is to coach him like I coached the young players who came through last year and made real names for themselves, and to give him confidence and show my absolute support for him.”
