Former England international Frank Lampard will return to Chelsea’s technical charge, a position he will hold until the end of the season, the English Football League’s 11th-place finisher announced on Thursday.
‘Chelsea FC announces that Frank Lampard will be manager until the end of the season’announced the ‘blues’, with the former midfielder becoming the third manager of the season, following the sackings of Germany’s Thomas Tuchel in September and Graham Potter on Sunday.
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Lampard, who has had an emblematic career as a Chelsea player, winning three national championships and a Champions League, will also return as coach at Stamford Bridge between 2019 and 2021.
“We are delighted to welcome Frank back to Stamford Bridge. Frank is in the Premier League Hall of Fame and is a legend at this club.”the London club’s owners, Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali, said in a statement.
On the same note, they indicate that the process of finding a coach continues, but that the option for Frank Lampard was in the sense of having a “stable plan” for what remains to be played this season, in which it is located in the middle. of the table in the League and in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Chelsea made a major investment in the winter market, in which they signed several players, including Enzo Fernández from Benfica, for €121 million, as well as João Félix, on loan from Atlético de Madrid.
The ‘blues’ will visit Wolverhampton on Saturday, in a match for the 30th round of the League, and Real Madrid on Wednesday, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the ‘Champions’.
Source: DN
