Erling Haaland at Chelsea? Frank Lampard reveals what could have been if Blues had the transfer 'appetite'

The Chelsea caretaker coach admitted he made a push to sign the big Norwegian during his first stint as coach

There may be an alternate universe where Erling Haaland once played for Chelsea, at least that is what their current caretaker manager Frank Lampard suggested on Friday. 

As Chelsea prepare to face Manchester City on Sunday at the Etihad Stadium in what might be the Premier League title clincher for City, Lampard revealed a story about the Norwegian striker in his pre-match press conference. The 44-year-old coach, who has just one win as caretaker, told reporters he pushed then-club owner Roman Abramovich to bring Haaland to Chelsea during his first stint as coach between 2019 and 2021.

"I don't know whether he would have decided to come here anyway, but I was a big fan of that [signing Haaland]. There are some of those that happen, aren't there, that people know about or it could have been this way. People talk a lot about mistakes or things that could have been in football. Whether he would have come here, I don't know, but I was pushing big and on a few other players at the time. But he was the outstanding one."