‘He made a mistake’ – Everton star criticises Frank Lampard’s treatment of him

Abdoulaye Doucoure has criticised Frank Lampard’s therapy of him throughout his time as Everton supervisor.

The midfielder believes the previous Toffees boss ‘made a mistake’ by dropping him on the finish of his tenure.

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Lampard spent just below a yr in cost at Goodison Park earlier than he was dismissed in January 2023.

Doucoure didn’t characteristic in both of his remaining two matches and was even informed to both practice with the under-21s or on his personal after being banished from the first-team.

Reflecting on his relationship with Lampard, the 32-year-old informed The Overlap: “Frank Lampard was the one one which didn’t belief me lots and I believe he made a mistake with me to be trustworthy as a result of you recognize I’m a tough working man.

“I’m a really humble individual. I work onerous in coaching. Clearly he could make a selection.

“I by no means like, you recognize, contest the selection a supervisor makes. However clearly generally it’s a must to be honest. And I believe he was not honest with me.

“As a result of leaving me on the bench for thus many video games and don’t give me actually my probability. And that’s why simply upset me with him.”

Requested if his downside with Lampard was the communication, Doucoure added: “Yeah, he didn’t speak. It was no communication between me and him.

“I by no means go to see him to ask him any sort of, ‘why am I not taking part in? Why this? Why that?’ They usually mentioned it’s worthwhile to practice with the under-21s or practice alone.

“I mentioned, ‘look, I’m going to coach alone as a result of you recognize I understand how to take care of myself’.

“Fortunately it was not lengthy as a result of after that he was sacked I believe per week after so I simply skilled like alone for 2 or three days.

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“And the week after I used to be again within the crew and we have been profitable in opposition to Arsenal and I used to be virtually participant of the match. So you recognize think about how soccer is, you recognize.”

Since becoming a member of Everton in 2020, Doucoure has made 154 appearances, scoring 19 targets.

Of these matches, 28 have been below Lampard previous to his sacking after a run of 1 win in 12 Premier League matches.

After lacking the previous England worldwide’s remaining two fixtures in cost, Doucoure was recalled by Sean Dyche for his first match in opposition to Arsenal.

The Toffees ran out 1-0 winners, with Doucoure occurring to play 15 of the ultimate 18 matches of the season and scoring the objective which secured prime flight survival on the ultimate day.

As for Lampard’s spell as boss, he admitted: “For him clearly he was an excellent participant. He was a unbelievable participant. Everybody is aware of that.

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“However as a supervisor I believe at Everton it was an enormous lesson for him. And I believe he learnt from that.”

Throughout his time on Merseyside, Lampard received 12 of his 44 matches throughout all competitions.

The 46-year-old later returned to Chelsea as caretaker supervisor later in the identical marketing campaign.

He’s now answerable for Coventry, having changed Mark Robins as boss of the Championship aspect in November on a deal till 2027.