Lampard, a Brentwood-educated Romford boy, crossed London and was embraced by Chelsea supporters because of his qualities as a sportsman and as a man. They took to him. They made him one of their own. Chelsea’s clearer-eyed fans will know there can be no rancour attached to Lampard’s departure from their midst or his brief embedding in the hearts of their rivals. Chelsea’s power brokers did not seem keen on his staying, partly because he was 36, partly because the future lay in the well-balanced Nemanja Matic-Cesc Fabregas deep-lying axis and also because of the weight of his wages in the age of financial fair play.