Former English international Frank Lampard returns to Chelsea’s technical command, a position he will hold until the end of the season, the 11th-placed English Football League said Thursday.
“Chelsea FC announces that Frank Lampard will be the coach at the end of the season”, the ‘blues’ announced, as the former midfielder to be the third coach of the season, after the dismissals of the German Thomas Tuchel, in September, and Graham Potter , on Sunday.
Lampard, who has an emblematic career as a Chelsea player, with whom he won three championships and one Champions League, returns again to Stamford Bridge as a coach, after also serving between 2019 and 2021.
“We are delighted to welcome Frank back to Stamford Bridge. Frank is in the Premier League Hall of Fame and a legend at this club,” London club owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said in a statement. .
In the same note, they indicate that the coach search process 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 he is in the middle. of the table in the League and in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Chelsea made a big investment in the winter transfer window, in which they signed several players, including Enzo Fernández from Benfica, for 121 million euros, but also João Félix, on loan from Atlético Madrid.
On Saturday, the ‘blues’ visit Wolverhampton, in a match corresponding to matchday 30 of the League, and on Wednesday, Real Madrid, in the first leg of the ‘Champions’ quarterfinals.
Source: TSF
