Chelsea icon Gianfranco Zola motivated Frank Lampard to set his own world record

Frank Lampard, who recently entered the Guiness World Records for scoring goals against 39 different clubs in the top flight,  has praised Chelsea icon Gianfranco Zola for inspiring him to set his own world-record. Read what he said after the cut

"I came to Chelsea as quite a shy boy; I think it was a big fee I came for. I’m not sure I felt that comfortable in the dressing room straight away because of the big names around me. Zola took me under his wing. I was fascinated by the way that at 35, and very established as a world-class player, he still trained and practised his free-kicks daily. 

He was always the last on the training ground, always looked after himself impeccably, really lived well and I learned from that. I watched how he played, how he was a gentleman off the pitch. I thought ‘that’s how I’d like to be’ if I could get anywhere near what he has done in the game. He was certainly someone I looked up to."

Lampard followed in his mentor’s footsteps and remained a goalscoring threat in the Premier League until he left Manchester City in May, scoring his 177th goal on the final day of last season.