This is what De Lappe makes of it.

People can have their opinion but ultimately I'm here to play football so that's all I focus on to be honest.

I've got a really good family and friends around me and when I go home I'm just normal and I think it really helps just to have that focus away from football and switch off from everything because there's always a lot of noise around everything now so it's really important I think just to focus and switch away off that.

Is there a want, I guess, after last season and how tricky that must have been for a young man to go from being the apple of everybody's eye from that brilliant season you had with Ipswich to then being in and out with Chelsea a bit last season? Is there a burning desire because of that that motivates you to play week in, week out and score week in, week out where you can this season?

Yeah, of course you always have that motivation inside and the determination to do well but I think football is not as easy as just going straight to the top and I think you probably learn a lot more when things are bad and obviously it was a difficult season but I've got incredible support around me and that really helps to keep my mind in a good place and I'm here now so I want to do really well here.