Former Chelsea manager Glenn Hoddle believes Frank Lampard needs to sign a defensive leader in the same mould as his former teammate John Terry.

The Hammers looked weak in defence in Wednesday's 3-2 loss to relegation battlers West Ham United.

And the performance shined a light on Lampard's lack of leadership at the back, according to England legend Hoddle.

He told Premier League Daily: "They've got a lot of work to do in qualifying for the Champions League and they've got the FA Cup to deal with as well. Frank will want to go all the way and win that.

"So he's got the squad to deal with it but, for me, it's quite a simple one: if you can't score and you can't create you're worried as a manager - but he's got loads of them at the moment. I bet he doesn't know what his best team is and next season he's going to have even more!

"He's got to look at, "How do we get a John Terry? – which isn't easy – or an experienced player in there who needs to defend properly but also organise people.

"They need to be organised when they're on the attack with the ball. 'Someone needs to be pulling people around and they'll cut half the goals their conceding with a player like that but they're not easy to come by either."