Why Frank Lampard blocked Marina Granovskaia’s plan to sign Jadon Sancho for Chelsea

Chelsea are closing in on the signing of Timo Werner from Red Bull Leipzig, but director Marina Granovskaia had initially been advocating a move for Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho. The Blues had been ramping up their efforts to sign the former Manchester City winger back in January before Frank Lampard aired his concerns and convinced Granovskaia to look elsewhere. According to Duncan Castles, speaking on his Transfer Window podcast, the Chelsea manager believed there was no need to spend so heavily on a wide player. Moreover, Lampard reportedly felt smashing the club transfer record would attract unnecessary attention and potentially place too much pressure on himself and the player. Source: Metro