Chelsea could turn to club great Frank Lampard to lead the team until the end of the season amid the search for a full-time replacement for Graham Potter. (More Football News)
Lampard was reportedly in talks with Chelsea on Wednesday about taking over as interim coach. He has been without a job since being fired by Everton in January after a year ♈in charge.
It would mark another return to Stamford Bridge for Lampard, who 💎played for Chelsea from 2001-14 — and became its all-time leading scorer — then managed the 🍌club from July 2019 to January 2021.
It would be a short-te🌄rm fix by Chelsea’s American ownership, which has already fired two manageꦦrs this season — Thomas Tuchel in September and Potter on Sunday — and is in the process of interviewing candidates for the permanent job.
Former Spain and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was reportedly in London on Wednesday to speak t♛o Chelsea officials. Julian Nage꧋lsmann, who was recently fired by Bayern Munich, has also been linked with the vacancy.
Lampard was at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday ♒to watch Chelsea draw 0-0 with Liverpool, when the team was led by Bruno Saltor — one of Potter’s assistants. Bruno was non-committal about whether he would still be in th🧜e job for the trip to Wolverhampton on Saturday.
Chelsea is languishing in 11th place in the league and unlikely to fi🍌nish in the top four to qualify fo🍸r the Champions League.
Lampard’s priority, th𒐪en, would be the upcoming Champions League quarterfinal meeting with𓆏 Real Madrid. The first leg is in Spain next week.
