Former Tottenham and Germany midfielder Steffen Freund believes Michael Ballack has never settled at Chelsea.

Freund told Sky Sports: "He's not the same as when he played for Bayern Munich.

"People are a little bit negative about him. Of course, he has picked up a few injuries and it's not easy to adapt to the tempo in the Premier League.

"He was the leader at Bayern Munich - that may be why there is a difference. I think it is a step up at Chelsea, which is why for me it was the right thing for him to go to Chelsea because it is a massive club with fantastic players of individual class but he will have to improve.

"It was the same in the German national team - he was the skipper. At Chelsea he has Frank Lampard on his side, who has been one of the leaders for years now already; that's why it is not easy to play in that top XI and to be the same as at Bayern Munich."