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Chelsea have appointed Frank Lampard as their caretaker manager until the end of the season. While the search for a permanent replacement for Graham Potter is ongoing, bringing their record goal-scorer in for their remaining nine matches of their Premier League campaign and the Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid buys time for Todd Boehly, Behdad Eghbali and the rest of their consortium to assess the market.
The 44-year-old was previously Chelsea manager between 2019 and 2021 before being sacked by Roman Abramovich in favor of Thomas Tuchel, who would go on to take that team to the Champions League title. Such an achievement would be all the more remarkable if Lampard replicated it with a team currently lying in 11th place in the Premier League table, sacking both Tuchel and Potter in a disastrous season that has seen them score just 29 goals in as many Premier League games.
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Lampard was at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday night to see Chelsea draw 0-0 with Liverpool, a match that was caretaker Bruno Saltor’s first experience of managing a game at any level. Both the Spaniard and the club hierarchy agreed that a situation in which he was managing on a day-to-day basis was not beneficial for him nor his players.
Chelsea’s brief statement did not confirm whether Lampard will be in charge for the Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday nor the makeup of his backroom staff, which is expected to include Ashley Cole and Joe Edwards, both of whom have worked with him in the past. No clarification was offered over the status of Bruno or those among Potter’s staff who…
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