Everton defender Keane: Lampard never spoke to me

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2 Apr 2023 • 9:55 PM MYT
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Everton defender Michael Keane admits he didn't get along with former manager Frank Lampard.

Keane has started the last four games under Sean Dyche.

"This season, when Frank was manager, I played 20 minutes of Premier League football and that's something I'd never had to cope with before," Keane told the Sunday Times.

I did find it really tough. It was not having the match day feeling that comes from being in contention to start, and not even a feeling I had a chance of coming on.

Feeling out of the picture and knowing I couldn't do any more in training. It's hard to swallow. You feel 'why is this happening?'

The team started the season OK but then we were losing games and I was still nowhere near it. That feeling where the manager rates you, where he respects you as a player, where he makes you feel a part of it when I didn't have that it was hard."

Before he added: Frank was a good person, but he didn't really speak to me. When I asked what I could do to get a chance, he said, 'there's nothing really.'