Afterwards, Pellegrini spoke about the surprise move for
Lampard for the first time and insisted that the decision to bring in the
36-year-old England midfielder extended beyond simply keeping him fit to play
for City’s New York franchise next year.
Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed that Frank Lampard will
begin training with Manchester City at Carrington on Wednesday and be an
‘important’ player for the Premier League champions until he moves to America
in January.
City arrive home from the United States on Sunday after
missing out on a place in the final of the International Champions Cup when
they lost a penalty shootout for the second time in four days.
Pellegrini said: ‘From next Wednesday he will start working
with our team and will play for us until January – we’ll see after that.
‘At the moment he will work with the squad and be a member
of the squad. He will fight for a position.
‘He knows we have a very good team, we have a lot of players
in his position. He is one player more. We have a lot of games particularly
with the Champions League, so he’s very important for our team.’
There have been suggestions that the Chelsea legend would
not play against his old club who face City on September 21. Pellegrini added:
‘I will talk about all those things with him but he’ll be a player for City and
he’ll play every game he needs to play.
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