Frank Lampard’s job as manager is seriously threatened, understands Athletic.
A humble fourth defeat in seven games against a Manchester City team will intensify questions about the wider direction of the team under the current management team, and sources told The Athletic that Chelsea have begun exploring alternative plans to replace him. Lampard’s current decline continues, if not sooner.
This is a fluid situation and, as such, there is no definitive time frame for when Lampard could be fired; he may be able to see the season if the results improve. But the history of the time Roman Abramovich tells us that once conversations of this nature begin to take place in the corridors of power at Stamford Bridge, managerial change tends to become a question of “When?” rather than “If?”
Manchester City’s 3-1 home defeat leaves Chelsea in eighth place in the Premier League standings …