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Frank Lampard reveals brutal Roman Abramovich blast after ex-Chelsea owner threatened to axe first team stars
The former Blues owner lost it with first-team stars in a post-match meeting
FRANK LAMPARD has revealed the brutal threats Roman Abramovich made to his Chelsea players.
The Russian oligarch owned the Blues from 2003 to 2022.
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During his nine years in charge of the club, Chelsea won five Premier League titles and two Champions League crowns.
And, speaking to , Lampard explained how Abramovich created a winning culture at Stamford Bridge where coming second was a huge failure.
The former owner was no stranger to axing players and sacking managers, going through 13 different bosses at Chelsea.
Lampard revealed when the team were winning, Abramovich would visit the dressing room to congratulate his players.
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But any defeat frustrated him and one time he brutally threatened to sell his stars if they didn't win a Champions League game.
Lampard said: "Roman had a few harsh meetings with us in his first few years when he was more present.
"One was before we played Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League [in 2011], he would just come in and be really harsh.
"What he said was always translated, which makes it even harsher.
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"The Russian while we waited for the translation - it wasn't going to be good.
"He was like: 'Do I think we are going to win this game? No. Will you be here next season if we don't win this game? A lot of you, no.'
"This was two hours before the game."
Lampard also disclosed that after Chelsea crashed out the Champions League to Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan in 2010, Abramovich "absolutely went" at both the players and manager.
The club legend believes his brutality worked due to the strong core in the squad with Petr Cech, John Terry, Didier Drogba and himself all setting high standards and leading by example.
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