New Delhi: Frank Lampard is looking forward to the new season with Chelsea, and is pleased to see more clubs other than just the so-called 'big four' ready to compete in the upper reaches of the Premier League this season.
Nevertheless, he has also warned anyone who might be eyeing Chelsea's place amongst the elite that the Blues are feeling confident under the leadership of new manager Carlo Ancelotti, and that they expect to be challenging once again.
"The Premier League keeps improving every year. I'm sure the title race will be a classic this season," he told The London Evening Standard.
"We have the added excitement of Manchester City spending money, the top teams the way they are and your Evertons, Tottenhams and Aston Villas pushing hard.
"Last year was tight for quite a long time but it's going to be good to see all the big teams challenging. We're going into the season with confidence. The manager has settled very quickly and we're very determined. It's nice to have continuity and to keep the same players."
"We have a very strong squad and it's probably been injuries to our key players over the last few years that have made the difference. If we can keep players fit we have a strong team."
The England international also felt that luck would play its part, and felt that Manchester United had had more than their fair share of good fortune over the last few seasons.
"Sometimes to succeed you need to be a bit more lucky and I think Manchester United had this in the last three years," he added.
"In some games they did not play well but because they have this winning mentality, which was maybe better than us in some games, they created this little bit of luck. We need to go back to winning games regularly, even easy games where we think we're going to win and then we draw, as well as important games against teams like Spurs where we lost a lot of points last season."
"It is really important to go back to this mentality of winners and not be just 100 per cent concentrated, we need to be 110 or 120 per cent motivated to achieve something big. It is important to be ready. We are still focused on winning the League and performing well."
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