{"id":43781,"date":"2026-02-06T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=43781"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:10:03","slug":"enzo-fernandez-names-frank-lampard-as-his-chelsea-idol-id-like-to-follow-in-his-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/premier-league\/enzo-fernandez-names-frank-lampard-as-his-chelsea-idol-id-like-to-follow-in-his-footsteps\/","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez names Frank Lampard as his Chelsea idol: \u201cI\u2019d like to follow in his footsteps\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez has revealed his deep admiration for club legend Frank Lampard, admitting that he has been studying the former Blues captain\u2019s game closely since arriving at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports, the Argentine international described Lampard as a major source of inspiration and a player he hopes to learn from as he continues to shape his own career in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an inspiration. I\u2019ve watched a lot of videos of Frank since coming to Chelsea. I\u2019ve seen how he got into those last metres of the pitch and how he got into the box,\u201d Enzo said.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard remains Chelsea\u2019s all-time leading goalscorer, a rare feat for a midfielder, thanks to his intelligence, timing, and relentless movement into attacking areas. Enzo\u2019s comments suggest he is eager to add those same qualities to his own game, becoming more influential in the final third rather than just controlling play from deep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was an exceptional player and a legend here for Chelsea. I don\u2019t like to be compared to him, because he has achieved a lot more here than I have. He\u2019s an idol,\u201d Enzo added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez has revealed his deep admiration for club legend Frank Lampard, admitting that he has been studying\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":43782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[3187,312,3686,3918,3474,1823,3796,315,1710],"class_list":["post-43781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-blues","tag-chelsea","tag-david-ornstein","tag-english-premier-league","tag-enzo-fernandez","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-football","tag-frank-lampard","tag-legend"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43783,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43781\/revisions\/43783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}