When Frank Lampard explained why De Bruyne failed at Chelsea and poor Marko Marin got burned

It will always be a mystery why a player of Kevin De Bruyne’s extraordinary talents was never given more of an opportunity to shine at Chelsea.

De Bruyne signed for the Blues from Genk in 2012 before moving to Werder Bremen on loan for the 2012-13 campaign.

The Belgium international impressed in the Bundesliga that season before returning to Chelsea ready to make an impact under the returning Jose Mourinho.

However, De Bruyne ended up making just nine appearances for the Blues that season and failed to score a single goal. Only three of those appearances came in the Premier League.

The midfielder was subsequently sold to Wolfsburg, where his sensational performances eventually led to a £55 million move to Manchester City in 2015.

De Bruyne is now widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and is undoubtedly an all-time Premier League great.

So, what on earth went wrong for him at Stamford Bridge?

One of his former Chelsea teammates, Frank Lampard, was asked this question by Gary Lineker after the Belgian starred in a 5-2 win over Tunisia at the 2018 World Cup finals.

In the process, however, Lampard and Didier Drogba ended up going viral on social media for a rather harsh burn about Marko Marin.

Marin, once nicknamed ‘the German Messi’, joined Chelsea from Werder Bremen in 2012, but only made 16 appearances for the club before he was loaned to Sevilla, Fiorentina, Anderlecht and Trabzonspor.

The former Germany international was eventually offloaded to Olympiacos on a permanent deal in 2016.

Asked how Chelsea missed the talent of De Bruyne, Lampard responded: “I don’t think they missed it. We were there at the time and the talent was there. Technically, you could see everything he had.

“The problem