Lampard blast Chelsea's transfer business says'Matic to United was a strange one' as Arsenal win at Wembley:
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has called on his former club to strengthen after pointing out the glaring disparity in the size of Antonio Conte's squad compared Arsenal in Sunday's shootout defeat.
Arsenal won the first trophy of the 2017-18 season on penalties after an entertaining Community Shield clash at Wembley, after Sead Kolasinac's header cancelled out Victor Moses' opener.
Lampard is convinced that Chelsea ought to have kept hold of Nemanja Matic this summer given his role in the club's title-winning season.
Prior to the game at Wembley, Lampard - in his new role as a BT Sport pundit - picked up the matchday programme and said: 'You look at the two teams there, and Chelsea have got almost half of what the Arsenal squad is.
'If we're talking about quality, I still think Chelsea have that quality, but when Conte was at Juventus he used to do the same thing in the summer. He used to push the club to buy more players to move forward.
'If we're talking about quality, I still think Chelsea have that quality, but when Conte was at Juventus he used to do the same thing in the summer. He used to push the club to buy more players to move forward.
'I think he's concerned as he's going to lose [Diego] Costa, they've lost [Nemanja] Matic. They've brought players in but I think he wants more because now they're going to be fighting on the Champions League front.
'It was a strange one [to see Matic go to United]. He was such a huge part of Chelsea's play last year alongside Kante at the base. He let the wing-backs fly on and he allowed Pedro and Willian freedom to go forward.'
'It was a strange one [to see Matic go to United]. He was such a huge part of Chelsea's play last year alongside Kante at the base. He let the wing-backs fly on and he allowed Pedro and Willian freedom to go forward.'
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