Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard is set to be sidelined for another fortnight as he struggles to recover fully from recent hernia surgery.
The 32-year-old has not featured for the Blues since the 2-0 win at home to Stoke City a month ago and will definitely miss the Champions League clash with Marseille this week.
Lampard is also highly unlikely to feature in the showdown with Arsenal next weekend and he is a major doubt for England European Championship qualifier against Montenegro at Wembley on October 12.
Meanwhile, Lampard’s Stamford Bridge team-mate Didier Drogba has dropped a major hint that he may not end his career with the Blues.
He told The Sun:“When I signed a new contract at Chelsea, I always said I wanted to finish my career here. But I am well placed to say that anything can happen.
“When I was at Marseille I said I would finish my career there but, one week later, everything changed.”
Striker Drogba, 32, still has another two years left on his current contract, having joined the Blues in the summer of 2004 and gone on to score 136 goals in 267 appearances in all competitions.
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