Chelsea legend has revealed the reason why Jose Mourinho sold Kelvin De Bruyne.
The Belgian was the man match after his only goal saw Manchester City beat Chelsea 0-1 at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
"It was a difficult time for the club, you had (Eden) Hazard, Oscar, and Willian had just signed. He wasn’t as good as he is now," Lampard told BT Sport, per the Metro.
"Of course, it’s easy to look and say 'why did you let him go?', but he’s gone away and made himself a world-class player."
Chelsea's lack of faith in giving De Bruyne game time may have ultimately cost them, but it's no surprise given their poor track record of bringing through even their own academy players.
And although Lampard accepts there was no way into the Chelsea team for De Bruyne at that time, the 39-year-old has hailed the City star's attitude to prove the Blues wrong.
"You always wonder about development. He had good pace, good passing, good dribbling, but at that point he couldn’t get into our team," Lampard added.
"One thing he had was ambition, he wanted to go away and prove he was a player."
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