{"id":16748,"date":"2019-10-15T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=16748"},"modified":"2019-10-15T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:44:13","slug":"anglo-nigerian-midfielder-cites-chelsea-coach-lampard-as-footballing-role-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/anglo-nigerian-midfielder-cites-chelsea-coach-lampard-as-footballing-role-model","title":{"rendered":"Anglo-Nigerian Midfielder Cites Chelsea Coach Lampard As Footballing Role Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promising Chelsea midfielder Faustino Anjorin has cited Chelsea coach Frank Lampard as his footballing role model.<\/p>\n<p>One of the stars of Chelsea&#8217;s U23 team, the Anglo-Nigerian was handed a debut by Lampard in the 7-1 rout of Grimsby Town in the third round of the League Cup on September 25, playing the last 23 minutes after replacing Pedro.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of &#8216;Out of the Blue&#8217;, Anjorin was asked about his footballing role model and he replied : &#8221;I have to say Frank Lampard, like I&#8217;m not saying that because he&#8217;s over there but I&#8217;m saying that because I&#8217;ve been here for such a long time and being a midfielder&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his first team debut, Anjorin revealed that he wanted to keep his parents in the dark but the news filtered to them even before he spoke a word.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I didn\u2019t tell my family at first because I wanted it to be a massive surprise but then they found out before I told them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;It was bad. 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