CUP FINAL LONG READ: SALOMON KALOU ON ‘INCOMPARABLE’ WEMBLEY FA CUP EXPERIENCES, HIS PERFECT CHELSEA ENDING AND WHY FRANK LAMPARD IS ‘ONE OF A KIND’ 5 HOURS AGO FACEBOOK TWITTER Salomon Kalou knows a thing or two about winning the FA Cup, and ahead of tomorrow’s big game we caught up with the popular winger, who made over 250 appearances for the Blues, to discuss finals, fighting spirit and Frank Lampard… There are not many former Chelsea players with a better FA Cup record than Salomon Kalou. The Ivorian attacker spent six years at Stamford Bridge, and in four of them he picked up a winners’ medal in the world’s oldest cup competition. ‘That’s a good ratio!’ Kalou laughs. He’s in fine form as we talk to him over the phone in the week leading up to this year’s Cup final. After six years at Hertha Berlin he recently joined Botafogo in Brazil, extending his footballing story to a fifth different country. He speaks with the same insight and illumination as ...