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		</div><p>Frank Lampard insists he will not be calling Jose Mourinho “boss” in Sunday’s London derby at Tottenham.</p>
<p>Chelsea chief Lampard revealed he still refers to the bulk of his former managers as boss out of respect, but conceded he cannot use that term for his Tottenham counterpart.</p>
<p>Former England midfielder Lampard explained he still holds his former Chelsea manager in the highest regard, but must treat the Portuguese as both equal and rival this weekend.</p>
<p><em>“It would be strange to call him boss now. Now I am an ex-player, on this side of the fence, I won’t be calling him boss.</em></p>
<p><em>“But that doesn’t take away from the respect I have for him. And it’s not the me and Jose show. It’s a game against Tottenham.</em></p>
<p><em>“I want to beat him. I respect him and know what a top manager he is. He wants to beat me because he used to manage Chelsea, he used to manage me, and now he’s managing Tottenham and wants to beat us.”</em></p>
<p>Mourinho won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup and three League Cups across two spells as Chelsea boss.</p>
<p>The former Real Madrid and Manchester United boss knew Blues supporters would not look kindly on his Spurs switch, and Lampard knows the fans could voice discontent this weekend.</p>
<p>Asked if he expects Chelsea fans to make their point to Mourinho, Lampard said: <em>“If you go to the fiercest rivals, the fans will give the answer. That doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten the history or don’t respect it.</em></p>
<p><em>“Jose Mourinho is a manager who wants to work. He took that opportunity.</em></p>
<p><em>“Jose Mourinho won’t be too concerned about that, either. Look at the times he’s come back with United; it did look like (he doesn’t care).</em></p>
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<p><em>“We know it’s a huge rivalry (between Chelsea and Tottenham). Probably, in my era, it became the biggest of the London derbies.</em></p>
<p><em>“It felt like that in the stadia and on the pitch. So possibly it is.</em></p>
<p><em>“Any rivalry, any local derby, ups the ante slightly. I remember that feeling, that eagerness to win and desperation not to lose. That’s how we all feel about it.”</em></p>
<p>England strikers Tammy Abraham and Harry Kane will go head-to-head in Sunday’s Spurs clash, with Lampard insisting Chelsea’s hitman can have no better role model than his Tottenham counterpart.</p>
<p><em>“There’s no better person for him (Abraham) to look up to in football than Harry Kane.</em></p>
<p><em>“Harry Kane is the all-round number nine, if not the best then close to being the best in the world. He should look up to that.</em></p>
<p><em>“I know he does, and is trying to take up the work ethic Harry has to try and be the best in the world.</em></p>
<p><em>“He will be different, but he can go really, really far following that kind of model.”</em></p>
<p>Asked if Kane shows similar traits to him in his playing days, Lampard added: <em>“Yes, from the outside, he does remind me of myself. He’s maximised every bit of his talent, or is maximising it.</em></p>
<p><em>“He’s a driven boy, family man, wants to work and eke every bit out of his career. I have huge respect for him. We’ll be rivals on Sunday, but we have huge respect for him.”</em></p>
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