Frank Lampard: Everton appoint ex-Chelsea manager to replace Rafael Benitez

Jan 31, 2022
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Former England midfielder Frank Lampard has been appointed Everton supervisor on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

It’s Lampard’s first job since he was sacked by Chelsea a yr in the past with Thomas Tuchel taking his function.

“It’s a large honour for me to symbolize and handle a membership with the dimensions and custom of Everton,” mentioned Lampard.

“I am very hungry to get began.”

Lampard’s first match in cost will probably be Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie in opposition to Brentford at Goodison Park.

His first signing at Everton is predicted to be Manchester United midfielder Donny van de Beek, who’s set to affix the Toffees on mortgage for the remainder of the season.

Former Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis participant Lampard, who gained 106 caps for England, is tasked with maintaining Everton within the top-flight because the membership are sixteenth and simply 4 factors above the relegation zone.

Lampard mentioned he felt the “ardour and ambition” of proprietor Farhad Moshiri, chairman Invoice Kenwright and the Everton board in talks over the function.

“I hope they felt my ambition and the way exhausting I wish to work to carry it collectively,” he added.

“You possibly can really feel the fervour Everton followers have for his or her membership – that will probably be massively essential.

“As a group – the aggressive stage that the Premier League brings and the place we’re within the desk – we definitely want that. It is a two-way factor.

“Everton is a singular membership in that you would be able to actually perceive what the followers wish to see. The very first thing they need is battle and need and that should at all times be our baseline.”

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