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The Day Harry Redknapp Hit Back At West Ham Fan Who Ripped Into A Teenage Frank Lampard

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Updated 16:46 21 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 10:14 3 Feb 2022 GMT

The Day Harry Redknapp Hit Back At West Ham Fan Who Ripped Into A Teenage Frank Lampard

“I let him go because young Frank’s 17/18 and he’s miles in front of him.”

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

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Topics: West Ham United, Frank Lampard, Harry Redknapp, Premier League

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack is a Senior Journalist who enjoys a long read. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day, and has interviewed a handful of FM's finest, including Freddy Adu, Supat Rungratsamee and Mika Aaritalo.

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Frank Lampard was once accused of not being good enough to play for West Ham by a fan.

The young midfielder had only recently broken into the Hammers' first team when one Upton Park regular decided to take exception with the fact Harry Redknapp's nephew was being preferred ahead of Scott Canham and Matt Holland, who had been sold by the club.

Redknapp, however, wasn't having any of it. You can see the brilliant clip below.

The fan says: “I want to ask Harry if he thinks the publicity he’s given to young Frank warrants it because, personally, I don’t think he’s quite good enough yet,” the supporter said to Redknapp, with Lampard also in attendance.

“I also think in the last couple of years you’ve let some good midfielders go for peanuts like Matt Holland and Scott Canham.”

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Redknapp responded by saying: “Well, no, they definitely wasn’t good enough. He is good enough and he definitely will be good enough. I let Scott Canham go, he was a good kid, he worked very hard. He’s gone to Brentford, he can’t get in Brentford’s team. He’s 21 years of age.

“I let him go because young Frank’s 17/18 and he’s miles in front of him.”

Lampard went on to play 16 times for the Hammers in all competitions that season and would soon go on to become an established first team regular by the 1997/98 campaign, making 42 appearances and scoring 10 times at just 18 years of age.

Scott Canham, meanwhile, was a year away from swapping Brentford for a brief spell at Leyton Orient, while Matt Holland was beginning a six year spell with Ipswich Town.

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Both men had respected careers in the game but Lampard called time on his professional career in 2017 after winning it all.

He became Chelsea's all time leading goal scorer, helping the Blues to three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups, a Europa League and the 2012 Champions League.

Lampard recently signed a two-and-a-half year contract to become Everton manager and hours later, he strengthened his side with the additions of Donny van de Beek and Dele Alli.

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