Frank Lampard

              

   I really, really hope to be around next year," he told ITV in Amsterdam.We're a group, a team, and it was tight tonight after the long season we've had. You make your own luck, and we stick together in this group. The club deserve it.With a game tonight and coming up we haven't sat down and signed anything, but I really hope so and things are looking good. The club have been brilliant.Interim Chelsea coach Rafa Benitez said: "Frank is a great professional. He has worked hard in every training session and now, at the end, I think we could see he has improved.Chelsea signed Lampard from West Ham in 2001 for £11m and he has won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups and a Champions League during his time at the club.Some people were surprised when I said that but he has scored a lot of goals in this period. Maybe it was because we were managing him quite well.After losing in the group stages of this season's Champions League, the London side have managed to secure a place in the competition next season and on Wednesday they became the first English team to win all three European trophies.When you play two games a week, with his age and commitment, sometimes you are not fresh. You can see he still has a lot of football. He is fit and next year he will do well again.It's been an amazing time for all of us involved," Lampard added. "Talk about ups and downs in the last two years! But this is a big up.