FRANK LAMPARD has confirmed the club are in talks to offer starlet Tariq Lamptey a new deal.
The 19-year-old right-back made his senior debut for Chelsea when he was introduced in the 59th minute of their 2-1 win over Arsenal on Sunday.
Tariq Lamptey is in talks to sign a new deal at ChelseaCredit: Getty – Contributor
Lamptey, who has risen through the youth ranks at the Blues, earned a huge amount of praise from supporters for his involvement in the win.
Chelsea were 1-0 down at the time of his arrival on the field with Lampard opting for a tactical tweak.
Lamptey’s current deal at the Blues expires at the end of the season but the gaffer admits talks are taking place to extend that.
He told reporters after the game: “We’ll see. He’s talking with the club and hopefully he feels a bit of love from today as we’ve parachuted him in.
“He was actually on his Christmas break when we called him in yesterday. He trained and then played.
“I’d seen him when I was doing my coaching badges and you do a lot of hours with the academy and youth team. I saw him train a lot and I know he has a different dimension as a right-sided wing back.
“He has pace, low centre of gravity and can go by people. Of course he wants to work on his end product and all the last bits.”
Lampard admitted it was the nod from assistant Jody Morris that convinced him to bring sub Lamptey on for Fikayo Tomori.
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Morris coached Chelsea’s youth sides for five years before becoming Lampard’s right-hand man.
He added: “My question to Jody when he came on was whether he had got the confidence and personality to deal with this, a tough game with responsibility to try and turn it. Jody said: ‘Yeah, no problem.’
“When he drove inside and slipped Tammy in I thought it was a great example of someone coming on and being fearless. Sometimes that’s what you get with youth.”
Lamptey made his senior debut in the win over ArsenalCredit: Getty – Contributor
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