Playing Ballack over Lampard would Make Grant Sacked, Says Beckenbauer

Legendary footballers Franz Beckenbauer recently said that Chelsea manager Avram Grant should consider midfielder Frank Lampard ahead of fellow midfielder Michael Ballack while finalizing his starting line up. Otherwise, Grant might be sacked. Well, the Bayern Munich president has logic behind his claim. To him, as Lampard is a Londoner and he is the hero of Chelsea, a London based club, Grant would sacked within short time if he continues playing Ballack over Lampard.

Goal.com reported:

But Bayern Munich president Beckenbauer reckons that Lampard should always come ahead of former Allianz Arena star Ballack in the pecking order. Why? Because this is Chelsea, a London team.
"Lampard is Chelsea’s hero," said the Kaiser to The Sun. "If Grant keeps playing Ballack over him, he will be fired in one week or so. Maybe there is a way for both of them to feature - one playing a bit more offensively and the other one a bit defensively. There must be a way," he continued. "Somewhere on the pitch there should be a place for Ballack.”

I do not agree with Beckenbauer on this matter. Chelsea is a professional team who has lots of success in the history until now. The starting line up of a professional team must include the physically fit players who are at their best in the given point of time. It does not matter who are local players or who are from abroad. I am not sure if anything like Beckenbauer indicated happens to Avram Grant. I think, both Lampard and Ballack still have a lot to offer for Chelsea in the days to come. The main problem is that they were out of action with injury and have come back recently. So, if they get back their match fitness then both of them can play in the starting line up of Chelsea. In fact, it would be a huge boost for the club.