DERBY COUNTY MANAGER
By Chris Dunlavy
FRANK LAMPARD
WATCHFUL: Frank Lampard as Derby County manager
PICTURE: PA Images
FRANK Lampard was 18 when Harry Redknapp, his uncle and manager at West Ham, made a famous prophecy.
A truculent supporter had criticised the Hammers boss during a packed fans’ forum, arguing that Lampard “wasn’t good enough” for the first team.
“I didn’t want to say this in front of him,” said Redknapp, as Lampard, shy and embarrassed beneath a foppish fringe, hunched into the top table. “But Frank wil...
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