Trainer Frank Lampard was fired from Chelsea After a series of poor results, the London team announced on Monday, a year and a half after arriving at the post.
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“A change is needed to give the club time and to improve this season’s performance and results,” he told the English team in a statement.
He Chelsea currently ranks ninth in the Premier League, eleven points behind the leader Manchester United.
LampardThe 42-year-old club legend failed to keep the blues at the top of the standings, despite significant additions for this season, with the arrivals of Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner.
The owner of the entity, the Russian millionaire Roman AbramovichHe described the decision as “very difficult.” “In the current circumstances, we believe it is preferable to change the technical team,” the president wrote a month before the Champions League knockout stages against Atlético de Madrid.
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It is worth mentioning that Chelsea yesterday qualified for the eighth round of the Cup, after winning 3-1 at Luton.
In a year and a half leading the team, Lampard he led the Blues to an English Cup final and a promising fourth place in the Premier League in his first season at Stamford Bridge.
His replacement on the bench
The name of his replacement has not been announced, however telegraph revealed minutes later of the dismissal that Thomas Tuchel, former technician PSG, will be in charge of taking over the reins Chelsea.
After two years in the Parisian team and reaching the final of the Champions League in 2020, the German is currently without a team, but he would have everything arranged to face this new challenge. He will meet the American again Pulis since they both agreed on Borussia Dortmund.