February 2nd, 2017 will not only go down as a day that Chelsea fans will never forget, but a day that football fans will never forget too.
Frank Lampard announced his retirement earlier today after a historic 21-year career that included 648 appearances as a Blue and 211 goals as a Chelsea player.
With the Blues, he won four FA Cups, three Premier League titles, a pair of League Cups, a Europa League trophy and a Champions League crown.
His 177 Premier League goals put him fourth all-time and he scoresd against 39 different Premier League clubs, which is a record.
As Rory Jennings put it, Lampard scored more than Paul Scholes, assisted more than Steven Gerrard and received the praise of Ronaldinho, as the Footb once said Lampard was his toughest opponent ever.
He was quite frankly, no pun intended, the greatest midfielder to ever grace the Premier League. He scored in games of varying capacities, whether it be a cold, rainy night at Stoke or a cup final.
Super Frank not only made an impact at Chelsea, but also everywhere he stepped on a football pitch. He had countless teammates whom he touched emotionally and made an impact on, and left impressions on plenty of players and managers. Here is a round-up of social media reactions to Lampard’s retirement.
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Twitter: A Legend of this game retires but his story will stay for ever.A true a Gentleman @ChelseaFC all time goal scorer M… https://t.co/8CAsuqYd5v (@didierdrogba)
Twitter: One of the best players ever to play the game! Congratulations to your incredible career! https://t.co/RrDXThKzV1 (@PetrCech)
Twitter: I feel privileged to have played alongside @franklampard for both @Chelseafc and @England. Great man,great player.… https://t.co/kDR1fCpnCL (@GaryJCahill)
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Twitter: What an amazing career!! Proud of sharing some good memories with you!! Good luck in your new adventures
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Twitter: Thank you for everything Captain! Good luck in your new stage! #SuperFrank https://t.co/12Z8MW7Iee (@MrAncelotti)
Twitter: Always a pleasure to play with #SuperFrank I wish u the very best for the future! Amazing career! Miss the dressing… https://t.co/a5LjVn3XfQ (@Ballack)
Twitter: @franklampard #Legend#Respect#Superfrank
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Twitter: @franklampard 21 years of wonderful journey. Great player. Even Amazing person. #legend #chelsea #blues #lampard… https://t.co/BJ0g9CdKAT (@salomonkalou)
Twitter: Would like to wish Lamps all the best with his retirement. It was a privilege to play alongside him and an honour to call him a teammate. (@VictorMoses)
Twitter: What a career
. @ChelseaFC legend!
. All the best my friend #CFC https://t.co/q2hZl8q9ih (@rubey_lcheek)
Twitter: Very proud to have played alongside of you!! What an inspiration!! All the best to you #legend #superfrank https://t.co/n39pqorwzZ (@Andre_Schuerrle)
Twitter: It was a pleasure to win together. Good luck on your next stage / Fue un placer ganar contigo. Suerte en tu próxima… https://t.co/9vv9dR5K3b (@Torres)
Twitter: #legend https://t.co/kEtVwEBjpP (@JMcEachran20)
Twitter: What a great career Frank Lampard. Best goal scoring midfielder of his generation Here is a story of a young Frank https://t.co/2sdSTbIIfC (@Redknapp)
Twitter: Simply the greatest English goal scoring midfielder of his generation! Good luck Frank In all your future endeavour… https://t.co/FnoN2dO8R0 (@GlennHoddle)
Twitter: After all those Chelsea battles & Frank Lampard now retiring, I can finally admit the respect I had for him & that he was a great player! (@Carra23)
Twitter: Gd luck to Lamps on his next chapter… one of the @premierleague greats… pleasure to play with & against! Facebo… https://t.co/pd4qjO8mEo (@rioferdy5)
Twitter: Good luck with your future Frank #Lampard ! It was an honour to play vs a captain like you. #ADP10 https://t.co/RkICFZ0Vsl (@delpieroale)
