Souness Names Player Responsible For Lampard Sacking

Former Liverpool midfielder, Graeme Souness, has fingered Timo Werner as the reason why Frank Lampard was sacked as Chelsea manager.

Lampard was sacked and replaced by Thomas Tuchel following a poor run of form this season despite making great signings.

Reacting to the sack, Souness said Lampard won’t have been sacked had it been Werner showed his quality.

“At no time does he [Timo Werner] look, so he does not know Mason Mount is coming, so he gets lucky there,” Souness told Sky Sports when analysing Chelsea’s first goal against Sheffield United on Sunday night.

“If you watch him at no time does he look to see Mason Mount coming into the middle, he’s just played it into an area.

“I think he will find our football difficult – he’s finding it difficult.
“I think the aggression and intensity, I think he is a little timid for our football.

“If he is going to be a success in our football that has to come. It’s alright saying, ‘he keeps missing chances, he’s getting there’.

“I look at him and I am yet to be convinced. Chelsea is a team full of really good players, high technique, they get into the last third and attacking third time and time again, they need more than what he is giving them.

“If he had done the business Frank [Lampard] would still be in a job.”