Frank Lampard has thanked Jason Cundy after the talkSPORT host claimed everyone would love to be Chelsea.

Following their sensational victory at Ajax on Wednesday, Blues fan Cundy argued that, apart from Liverpool and Manchester City, all other clubs would die to be in Chelsea’s current position.

He said on Wednesday’s Sports Bar: “Outside of Liverpool and Man City, I think Chelsea are the club everyone else wants to be.

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“Liverpool and Man City are the side everyone wants to be, they are the benchmark, they are miles away, the best two sides by some distance.

“But everyone else would love to be in Chelsea’s position, [to Man United fan and co-host Andy Goldstein] in a heartbeat you would swap.

“Spurs would love to be Chelsea. They would LOVE to be Chelsea, 1000 per cent.”

And while Lampard was grateful for Cundy’s comments, he had to respectfully disagree.

“Outside of Liverpool and Man. City, everyone wants to be Chelsea!” 😮 “Spurs would love to… there’s real direction with where #CFC are going.” Jason kicks off the show with a huge claim, following Chelsea’s big win 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ItEY21PZes — talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) October 23, 2019

Speaking at his press conference on Friday, the Blues boss told talkSPORT: “I appreciate it from Jason, I appreciate nice headlines and I appreciate nice talk about the team.

“But I have to stay very closed to that myself because the moment you take in those statements and headlines is the moment everyone won’t want to be you, if you drop your standards.

“Everyone’s working hard, I’m working hard, the staff are working hard. We always want constant improvement, so we won’t sit and compare ourselves to someone else, but I thank him for the sentiment.”

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