Amid all his struggles in front of goal, Frank Lampard has backed Timo Werner to flourish in his career at Chelsea.
Timo Werner is yet to hit expected heights at Chelsea after making a big move from RB Leipzig over the summer.
The 24-year-old already built a reputation for himself in Germany and even left the Bundesliga as Leipzig’s all-time top scorer.
Half-way across the Premier League season and Werner has found goals hard to come by.
The German has failed to hit the back of the net in 10 league appearances and some sections of fans are already losing patience in the forward.
Frank Lampard admits Werner is going through a tough time but remains certain the striker will come good and be a success at Chelsea.
Some think the German is suffering from a ‘big signing’ syndrome but the Blues boss has dismissed such claims.
“I don’t want to compare him [Werner] with anybody because if we narrowly compare him with some Chelsea signings I think it will be the wrong way, everybody’s story is different,” he said to the club’s website.
“Fernando Torres had difficult times here but came away winning the Champions League and being a pivotal player in that run to winning it, so I don’t think we should compare too much.”
“All we need to do here at the moment, Timo and myself and his team-mates around him, is to create the best environment to get the best out of Timo, which means firstly himself working hard. When you see the chance he missed the other day, that is just about repetition on the training ground.”
“Everyone will go through those patches whether you repeat it a thousand times or not, but when you are in that moment you must repeat and keep working, and then he also needs support and help around him and he needs to keep his head down and focus.”
Lampard refers to the fact that Werner arrived at Chelsea as a ‘prolific’ forward and can only see the player returning to that familiar territory soon.
He added: “My job is to support around him and give him positivity and confidence. Timo Werner didn’t by chance score the amount of goals he has scored over the last few years.”
“He has scored those goals because of his huge talent. It is a tough time here for him at the moment but it is a small period in what I believe will be a fantastic career for him going forward at Chelsea. I have no doubts over that and I hope people around me can also see it that way.”
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