Chelsea officially appoints Frank Lampard as interim coach

Chelsea 's website stated that the decision marks the return to Stamford Bridge of Frank Lampard - who had an illustrious playing career with The Blues. In the announcement, Chelsea's board of directors also emphasized: "We are delighted to welcome Frank Lampard - a club legend. By appointing Frank Lampard, we want to provide the club and its fans with a clear and stable plan for the remainder of this season, while continuing the process of selecting a permanent manager for the team from next season. We want to give Chelsea every opportunity to succeed and Frank Lampard has all the characteristics and qualities we need to take the team there."

Details of the contract between coach Frank Lampard and Chelsea have not been revealed. In addition, two other legends of The Blues, John Terry and Ashley Cole, will also return to the first team as assistants to Super Franky.

Thus, the Chelsea legend once again sits in the "hot seat" at Stamford Bridge. In 2019, he also sat in this position, before being fired in 2021 after Chelsea won 44, drew 17 and lost 23 matches. Lampard's coaching career seems to be less successful. After leaving Chelsea, in 2022, he moved to lead Everton but was also fired again last January after poor results of the Goodison Park team when they only won 12 out of 44 matches, reaching a rate of 27.2%.

It seems that Chelsea's owners think that coach Frank Lampard is at least more experienced than Bruno Saltor, who temporarily led the team after coach Graham Potter was fired. On the other hand, in his career, Frank Lampard is a legend, so this coach born in 1978 also has a much greater influence on the players than Bruno Saltor.

Earlier, in Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Liverpool in the early morning of April 5, coach Frank Lampard attracted attention when he was present at Stamford Bridge to watch the match. This was no coincidence, leading fans to speculate that owner Todd Boehly was considering reappointing the former midfielder.

However, coach Frank Lampard is just a "firefighting" solution for the blue team's leaders to have more time to calculate for the finalization of a new coach for next season, instead of making hasty decisions.

Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique remain at the top of the Blues' wish list, with Mauricio Pochettino, Ruben Amorim, Oliver Glasner and Luciano Spalletti among the other managers being discussed internally at Chelsea, according to Sky Sports.

Thus, coach Frank Lampard will begin directing Chelsea in the match against Wolves in round 30 of the Premier League this weekend.

After a disappointing draw against Liverpool, the Stamford Bridge team is still ranked 11th in the Premier League table with a meager 39 points. The goal of Top 4 to win a ticket to the Champions League next season is gradually becoming more and more distant for the London representative. Currently, The Blues are 14 points behind the Champions League position. Perhaps they should aim for a more feasible goal of entering the group to participate in the Europa League next season.

In the middle of next week, Chelsea will also face Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals - the only tournament they still hope to win a title this season. This is a "fairy tale" goal but not impossible to achieve. Remember, in the 2012 and 2021 Champions League titles, The Blues "changed horses midstream".

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