Frank Lampard makes Goal.com's top 50

Frank Lampard has been an integral part of the Chelsea team.

Frank Lampard has secured the 50th spot in the Goal.com's top 50 footballers of 2013. He is the only Englishman to feature in the list. The start of the season brought doubts over Lampard due to nagging injuries and mediocre displays. Speculations emerged that the veteran midfielder had finally lost his goal scoring touch and his increasing age was given a major spotlight.

Frank Lampard celebrating his 203rd record breaking goal against Aston Villa

However, he reemerged and fought his way back into the main team under the interim manager Rafael Benitez, and in his resurgence he provided the goals and leadership to guide the blues to a third place league finish and also to the UEFA Europa League titles. Moreover, he also became the highest goalscorer for Chelsea by scoring his 203rd goal and breaking Bobby Tamblings record of 202 goals for the club.


After recently signing a new deal with the blues, Lampard has now reunited with Jose Mourinho and you wont bet against him having an incredible season again.

Frank Lampard's stats and achievements (2013):

For CHELSEA:
GAMES: 50
GOALS: 17
ASSISTS: 8

For ENGLAND:
GAMES: 7
GOALS: 6
ASSISTS: 1

HONORS: EUROPA LEAGUE

Source: http://frankiefranklampard.blogspot.com/


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Mourinho urges Hazard to "Transform" his game under him next season.

Eden Hazard has been handed the challenge to be more effective in his attacking game next season by Jose Mourinho. Following his £32 million transfer from Ligue1 outfit Lille last May, Hazard has produced some eye-catching performances. Despite being out shined by his fellow midfield partner Juan Mata, Hazard has impressed in his debut season for the blues by providing 25 assists and scoring an impressive tally of 13 goals.

Juan Mata has constantly shined for the blues since his signing from Valencia in 2011

However, the "Special One" Jose Mourinho expects hazard to make more of an impact next season. He said, “I think that the kid has a lot of talent, as everybody knows. But he has to transform his great  talent into great numbers: how many goals, how many assists, how many  winning goals, how many goals in big matches. Football is about numbers in a very pragmatic way. I’m ready to help him and he must be ready, too.".

“He has to listen. I always say to these creative players that, if you have more than the others, you have to do more than the others. If you have this ability, you have to use this ability”, he added.

Mourinho had many creative players such as Arjen Robben, Florent Malouda and Damien Dufff and this time around he has likes of Mata, Hazard, Moses, Schurrle and Oscar. It will be interesting to see how he uses them to challenge for the major titles this coming season.

   Founded in 1905, Chelsea FC is one of the English clubs and plays in the Barclays Premier League. Tasting its first success in 1955 when it won the League Championships, it has evolved into a major European footballing giant. Stamford Bridge is the home stadium which has a capacity of 41,837.
Since 1997, the club has enjoyed major succes and has amassed 15 major trophies since then. Moreover, since Roman Abramovic took over the club in 2003, Chelsea has won 11 major trophies.
  The major achievements of the club include 4 League titles, 7 FA cups, 4 League Cups and 4 FA Community Shields, while in major European competitions they have won two UEFA Cup Winner's Cup, a UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Europa League and the biggest of them all the UEFA Champions League in 2011. Chelsea are the only London club to win the UEFA Champions League and the only British club to have won all three main UEFA club competitions. Also it is also the first club to hold two major European titles (UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE and the EUROPA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE) simultaneously. In short, a historical club in the making.