Chelsea midfielder Anjorin aspiring to play in Lampard’s ‘first team’

Chelsea midfielder, Tino Anjorin, recognises it’s time to be pushing for first-team selection.

He has flitted between training with the first team group and playing with the Under-23s this season, a blend that suits his need for games with the experience of working alongside top attacking team-mates, not to mention being coached by the man he idolised more than any other as a kid.

“I know I’m in the space now where I’m not playing as many games so I need to keep focused and keep training hard every day to impress the coaches and show everyone what I can do,” Anjorin told the club’s website.

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“Obviously I train for myself but I can also learn from people like Hakim [Ziyech], Christian [Pulisic] and even Callum [Hudson-Odoi] as well because they’re the players that are playing. If I can implement what they do into my game, as well as my own stuff, then hopefully I can get a chance.

“When I was younger, I always looked up to the gaffer because he was a midfield player like me that loved scoring goals. It’s been ledge and I’ve loved working with him. He’s my role model and for him to even know who I am is amazing, let alone to train with him as my coach!”