Mourinho: not the end of Frank Lampard at Chelsea but a little break

The manager reflects owner Roman Abramovichs standpoint that the midfielder can return when and how he wants

After everything that they have lived through, the parting was always going to be sorrowful and yet for José Mourinho there was still the sprinkling of sweetness. Frank Lampard, the Chelsea manager said, had not really said farewell upon the end of his 13-year playing career at the club because he most assuredly would be back.

Nobody knows precisely when or how but the owner, Roman Abramovich, has decreed it. Whenever Lampard is ready to return to Chelsea in a non-playing capacity, he will be granted the privilege of hand-picking his role. Mourinho even said that Lampard could become his assistant manager.

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