Frank Lampard plays down Timo Werner-Fernando Torres comparisons

‘Torres won the Champions League here!’: Frank Lampard REJECTS Timo Werner comparisons with Chelsea’s last £50m flop (who he says wasn’t so bad…) as he tells his goal-shy striker to ‘get his head down and focus’

  • Timo Werner is without a Premier League goal for Chelsea since November 7
  • Fernando Torres also struggled after moving for £50m from Liverpool in 2011
  • German striker missed a gilt-edged chance in Saturday’s victory over Fulham 

Frank Lampard admits he needs to work with Chelsea’s misfiring striker Timo Werner, but believes that comparisons with Fernando Torres are premature.

The £53m German striker is without a Premier League goal for the Blues since November 7, and missed a gilt-edged chance to end his drought late on at Fulham on Saturday.

And Lampard believes he needs to work closely with the 24-year-old to repair his battered confidence.

Frank Lampard plants an arm around a dejected Timo Werner at Fulham on Saturday


Lampard has played down comparisons to Fernando Torres, despite Werner’s goal drought

‘All players will experience it in their career. All eyes are on and it becomes magnified. I need to work with him on it’, he said on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s trip to Leicester. 

‘I’m not comparing him to anybody. Everybody is different, Torres had difficult times here but won the Champions League. 

‘All we need to do is create the best environment to get the best out of Timo. You must repeat, keep working and he needs to keep his head down and focus, I need to give him positivity.’

Werner has nine goals in 26 appearances since arriving from RB Leipzig, with only four coming in the Premier League. 

Werner was played through on goal at Fulham but put the ball wide of Alphonse Areola

Lampard was speaking on Monday ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Leicester on Tuesday night

His lack of form has seen him dropped to the bench by Lampard in recent games against Aston Villa and Fulham, though he scored when handed a start against League Two Morecambe in the FA Cup last weekend.

His travails have been compared to Torres, who moved to Stamford Bridge in a sensational £50m January deadline day move from Liverpool 10 years ago this month.

After lighting up the Premier League at Anfield, he struggled for form and confidence in London, scoring just 45 times in 172 appearances between 2011 and 2014.

But the Spaniard was part of the Chelsea side, alongside Lampard, that won the Champions League in 2012 and he scored a memorable clincher in the semi-final victory over Barcelona. 




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