Everton hero Tony Cottee can see the values of Frank Lampard Snr in the Blues' curent manager.
Like Lampard, Cottee is also a former West Ham academy graduate.
He told the Liverpool Echo: “What I really admire about young Frank comes from the experience he had at West Ham. When he first came through, everyone was saying 'it's only because of his dad, his uncle, Harry Redknapp is the manager,' and that must have been really hard for him.
“We could all see that there was a talented player there but he was purely being judged on what was seen at the time as nepotism. That must have put huge pressure on Frank and even after he'd made his big-money move to Chelsea I think most of the West Ham fans were still saying 'how have we got £11million for him, he's never worth that' but when you look at what he went to achieve at Stamford Bridge, that fee was an absolute snip.
“I admire Frank for going to Chelsea and proving to everyone that it wasn't about him being in the team because of his family connections, he was there because he was a fantastic player and great goalscorer. I think he'll take all this into the management side of things now."
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