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Sep 25, 2020, 8 tweets

Lampard on Mendy: "To start tomorrow, is not going to happen. He has had a long week and not really trained. He flew in yesterday and it is too tight of a turnaround to start." #CFC

Lampard on Rudiger-Jorginho out rumours: "They are our players, there are lots of rumours, not just on those players but on a lot of our players. The solution has to be happy for us, the player and the other club." #CFC

Lampard doesn't want to talk about signing West Ham's Declan Rice at this time. #CFC

Lampard refuses to rule out more transfers but says he has "no answers on ins and outs." #CFC

Lampard on injuries: "Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech are not ready for the squad tomorrow. They have both been training. We hope to have them in proper match contention in the next week." #CFC

Lampard on starting Chilwell-Thiago Silva: "They are fit enough to start but we play another game with a pretty tight turnaround on Tuesday." #CFC

Lampard hasn't spoken to Kepa or Willy Caballero since signing Mendy but he will chat to them in the next 24 hours. #CFC

Asked Lampard about Pulisic's injury issues since joining Chelsea. He said that Christian wants to play every game because of his attitude but they need to find a way to make sure he doesn't get 'overcooked' as such an explosive player. #CFC

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