I wasn't convinced in the Lampard days. Seemed like too much of a change from playing with Messi to playing with Mykolenko.Has to be pound for pound one of our best signings of the PL era.
At his specific role I don't think we've ever had a better player in the PL.
By that I'm specifically talking about his press, ball recoveries etc.
I think it's a pretty easy decision to trigger the extension even if we start phasing him out of the starting 11.
But he's shown he's still got it, what a player he's been for us