Frank Lampard returns to Stamford Bridge and serves as Chelsea’s manager until the end of the current season.
Frank Lampard will lead Chelsea until the end of this season. PDO
Chelsea have confirmed Frank Lampard’s return to manager.
The former Blues icon won the Premier League three times and the Champions League once as Chelsea’s midfield general, but the man’s career as a manager has not been as illustrious.
The first attempt at the Chelsea helm ended after only 18 months of the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to the dismissals given in January 2021.
Hired to replace Lampard Thomas Tuchel got the Blues’ game under control immediately, and led the Londoners to the Champions League for the second time.
A Chelsea legend
Now both Tuchel and his successor Graham Potter already belong to the club’s history, and the owner duo Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali welcomed Lampard back – at least temporarily.
– Frank belongs to the Premier League Hall of Fame, and is a legend of this club. While we continue the search for a permanent Manager, we want to offer the fans a clear plan for the rest of the season, they wrote in the press release.
This is now Lampard’s third stint at Chelsea. The first of them covered 13 years as a player and the second just under two seasons as a manager.
Lampard will lead the Blues to a league match against Wolves already on Saturday. On Wednesday, the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Champions League awaits at Real Madrid’s home field.
The search continues
The strongest names for the new permanent Manager are the former Barcelona pilot Luis Enrique and just got fired from Bayern Munich Julian Nagelsmann.
Tottenham’s former manager is also involved in the rumor mill Mauricio Pochettinowho did a good job at Eintracht Frankfurt Oliver Glasner and Brentford Thomas Frank.
Instead, Real Madrid’s 4-0 crushing victory over Barcelona on Wednesday may guarantee it For Carlo Ancelotti continuation of employment at Santiago Bernabéu.