Onouha hits back at Lampard claims

By Gregg Davies
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Manchester City starlet and England U21 captain Nedum Onouha has hit back at Frank Lampard’s claims that young players today get an easy ride and do not deserve such wealthy salaries so soon. The Chelsea and England midfielder said on Tuesday he felt players coming through the ranks in the modern game get “too much, too young,” without having to work for it.

And he advocated young players having to clean the senior players’ boots, as he had to as a rookie to earn respect.

However, Onouha has hit back defending the younger generation. “In terms of our [England U21] players, a lot have grounding," he said. "So in terms of too much too young, I don’t think that’s the case for everyone. It’s a misconception.”

The 22-year-old was also quick to point out that, at club level, it’s not quite as easy as Lampard makes out.

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Gregg Davies
Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.