Chelsea icon Frank Lampard has been unveiled as the new boss of Premier League side Everton
Chelsea’s iconic former player and manager Frank Lampard has been tasked with helping Everton avoid relegation from the Premier League as the ex-England midfielder takes his latest step in coaching a year on from being axed by Blues supremo Roman Abramovich.
As had been heavily reported in the media in recent days, Lampard has inked a two-and-a-half year deal at Goodison Park, where he replaces the fiercely unpopular Rafael Benitez, under whose stewardship the Toffees’ Premier League survival had come under serious threat amid.
Lampard re-enters management a year after being deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge, ending an 18-month tenure during which he was credited with overseeing an influx of academy talent into a Chelsea first team which now counts the likes of Mason Mount, Reece James and Callum Hudson-Odoi as among the first names on the team sheet.
He was replaced in late January 2021 by German boss Thomas Tuchel – who won Chelsea’s second Champions League trophy less than four months later.
