Despite the financial impact of COVID-19, the spending will not stop there, with a £25m deal for Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy almost done. "So it’s been tough in a way but we have to forget that, it’s done, we’re together now. "It’s been disruptive," Lampard said on a Zoom press conference to reporters. While there are no accusations of breaking rules, players leaving on holiday has caused several to come down with Covid-19 and forced many others into quarantine. “I think this year he’s probably investing, partly because of COVID-19 and he sees an opportunity to exploit the market, but I think because what Frank Lampard has done invigorated him. "In lots of ways, I’m very fortunate. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. I’ve got a great relationship with all the managers of the players that go away like that so that hasn’t been a problem, but we haven’t actually had them in our hands, the players. As Chelsea prepare to kick off their Premier League campaign on Monday against Brighton, Blues manager Lampard was critical of Uefa's decision to put Nations League fixtures ahead of the new season and detailed his club's unsettled pre-season preparations. I’m not going to make any commitments right now of how we are going to get there. That’s the feeling I have and I think that’s the feeling the squad has.". A host of transfers are in the pipeline and we’ll bring you the latest spending each day right here…, 23 September Frank Lampard will deal with each Chelsea player differently should they be worried about the scale of their £200 million ($252m) recruitment drive this summer. 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Chelsea have been the busiest club the league with several big transfers while Tottenham, Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool have splashed out. Top-flight clubs are busy with their spending and transfer rumours are mounting across the league. It has led to six new senior players coming in this summer which will ultimately lead to player sales and loan moves. Indeed, many Premier League players have found themselves in similar situations to Chelsea players. The Premier League spending this summer may be slightly lower than recent years but a host of important deals are getting done. "I have addressed it with the players already," he added. “Chelsea’s interesting because Roman Abramovich has wanted for 15 years a flamboyant team. Bertrand Traore [Lyon – Aston Villa] £17m, 18 September Frank Lampard has revealed that Chelsea had 10 or more players forced into quarantine during the club's pre-season. So that knocked a lot of the training we could do in that first week and then I lost pretty much all the players to international break so I haven’t been able to work with them. Chelsea, Lampard given strong warning after spending over £200m on new players. "So you’ve had to rely on international teams and games getting them fit. The latest Chelsea news, match previews and reports, Blues transfer news plus both original Chelsea blog posts and posts from blogs and sites from around the world, updated 24 hours a day. "We will all do our best on that front. "We’ll see," he added. 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Neville also reminded manager Frank Lampard that previous attempts to play open, attacking football at Stamford Bridge, have cost coaches their jobs. The Blues have broken their transfer record to sign Kai Havertz, in addition to Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell and Thiago Silva for over £200million. "I think it is something we all need addressing; this is a strange time in everybody’s life over the last months. It has led to six new senior players coming in this summer which will ultimately lead to player sales and loan moves. "Yes, I have an idea in my head of where I want the squad to be. "But we had a lot of quarantine, I think at one point it was double figures. Mason Greenwood and Phil Foden were sent home for breaking lockdown rules. Antonio Conte now occupies the dugout at the Bridge after the sacking of Jose Mourinho.

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