Chelsea head Coach admits there’s two players at Chelsea he doesn’t like starting up-front

Frank Lampard, the manager of Chelsea, acknowledges that he would rather not have Raheem Sterling or Joao Felix as his strikers.

The Blues have struggled for a while deciding who to start up front.

During his first five games in charge, interim manager Frank Lampard, who will serve through the end of the season, has encountered the same problem. The Blues, who are now on a five-game losing streak, are currently visiting title challengers Arsenal tonight.

Over the course of this season, we've seen a wide variety of attackers play in the center-forward position.

However, most supporters will concur that the team needs to search for a top striker during the summer transfer window.

Lampard has been speaking openly about Chelsea’s issues in the forward line.

He’s got Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Kai Havertz as options to play striker, albeit they’ve not always been available to him. He name-checked youngster David Datro Fofana, too.

However, Lampard did say he doesn’t like starting Raheem Sterling or Joao Felix up-front.

“I want a number nine that we can play off and rely on. It is not ideal for me to play Raheem Sterling or Joao Felix in the number nine position, but we had to against Real Madrid,” Lampard said, as quoted by the club’s official website.
In our view, there’s no way the aforementioned duo should be leading the line by themselves.

Felix, 23, operates best in pockets of space and is best suited to a creative number 10 position.

According to The Sun, Felix could rejoin Chelsea next season on another loan spell.

Elsewhere, we don’t like Sterling playing as a striker either.

The 28-year-old England star is so much more effective as a winger, which is where he’s been so dangerous throughout most of his career.

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