Frank Lampard has started and scored in both games of 2012 so far and he has plenty of chance to continue that involvement according to Andre Villas-Boas.
The manager has dismissed recent stories that the player could move to another club as mere speculation but says he understands any player's desire to feature in every game.
During December Lampard began four of the seven matches on the bench but was restored to the starting line up against Wolves where he scored the late winner. Another last-gasp goal against Portsmouth means he is now tied with Daniel Sturridge as the club's top scorer on 10 goals.
'Frank is our player and he is not available at any price,' Villas-Boas insists. 'A recent story came from the Manchester newspapers and it was very speculative.
'My relationship with Frank is good, fantastic, and we see each other and we speak every day. He is not in and out the team on rotation. There is no such thing.
'We decide on an 11 that is strong for every game and an 11 that can help us in the strategy to try to win the game. Frank has been decisive in these last two games, always with his great timing of arrival in the box.'
Villas-Boas points out that while the Chelsea vice-captain may not be as ever-present as in many past seasons, he has frequently been chosen as the best man for the job.
'Every player wants to find his consistency of playing time,' says the manager. 'Every player wants to play every time and there were recent words from [Florent] Malouda that he is not happy on the bench because it is normal that everybody wants to be involved.
'For Frank and the player that he is and the history that he represents, he also wants to be involved every time but everybody is competing for a place.
'He started against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal, and Valencia away with tremendous success. His talent and his abilities are never in doubt.
'We decide strategically every game what is best for the team. Players have different characteristics.
'Frank is the fifth or sixth most used player in Chelsea this season and of the players ahead of him, one is a goalkeeper and another is John Terry.'
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