Summary: Chelsea - Liverpool 0:0 (Sport1)
Chelsea officially announced today (Thursday) the move that was already published last night in the British media: Frank Lampard has replaced Graham Potter who finished his career at the beginning of the week, and will guide the team until the end of the season when his first training session will be held today and on Saturday a meeting with Wolves awaits him.
Owners Todd Buhly and Dad Agbali said in a joint statement: "We are excited to welcome Frank back to Stamford Bridge. While we continue our thorough search for a permanent manager, we want to provide the club and fans with a clear and stable plan for the remainder of the season, and give ourselves every possible opportunity for success. Frank has All the attributes and qualities we need to lead us to the finish line. We intend to give Frank the full backing in order to achieve the best results from the games we have left."
At the same time as the appointment of the former player, who already guided the Blues for a season and a half until he was fired in January 2021, the search for a long-term coach continued.
In addition to Luis Enrique, with whom talks were held according to the reports, in Germany they claim that "positive" contacts are also taking place with the representatives of Julian Nagelsmann, who was just fired from Bayern Munich.
Mauricio Pochettino, Ruben Amorim, Oliver Glazner and Luciano Spalletti were also mentioned as candidates, but the British media network is not in a hurry to state that Lampard will only stay until this summer.
Frank Lampard is expected to stand on Chelsea's lines already on Saturday (Photo: Reuters)
"Sky" senior reporter Kwa Solakol claimed today: "Frank Lampard is a legend at Chelsea. Most fans will say he is the club's greatest player in history. He will lift the club immediately. Because of a bad last month in office, people forget he did a job Good in the previous term at Chelsea, under extreme difficulties such as an embargo on signing players. He reached the final of the cup and qualified for the Champions League, in his second season they played well and were at the top of the table for about a month before they fired him because of a bad series of matches."
The journalist added: "Even that experience did not change the fans' feelings towards Lampard. If Chelsea wins the Champions League, and they believe they have the right players for it, it will be a huge achievement. There are currently no plans to keep Lampard permanently, but we have already seen a case One in the past with Roberto Di Matteo winning the Champions League, so I wouldn't rule it out completely. If Lampard wins all of Chelsea's remaining games, including the Champions League, the owners will have a tough decision at the end of the season."
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