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Published 22:55 25 Feb 2016 GMT
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It's not difficult to see why Mourinho rates him so highly as Lampard scored 13 goals from midfield in the year that Mourinho delivered the Blues their first Premier League title. He scored 16 the next season when Chelsea finished eight points clear of Manchester United.
Lampard is currently fourth in the list of all time Premier League goalscorers with 177 and is the only midfielder in the top fifteen.
Mourinho, who many expect to take over at Manchester United next season, was in complimentary form as he rattled off some other high-profile names he's worked with.
“I went to Inter [Milan], I had [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, I got [Javier] Zanetti. I got to [Real] Madrid, I had [Cristiano] Ronaldo. I come back to Chelsea and I find other top players.
“I have so many, they gave me so much, it’s not fair to say this is the one. It’s impossible to win so many things without the players so I respect all of them.”
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