Director Frank Lampard. yunhap news-England’s Premier League Chelsea beat manager Frank Lampard.
On the 25th (KST) website, Chelsea said, “We broke up with manager Lampard. It was a very difficult decision. We are grateful for the contributions of manager Lampard, but the recent results did not meet the club expectations. We decided to break up to improve the club.” Told.
Director Lampard is a Chelsea legend. He joined Chelsea in July 2001 and played until August 2014. After retirement, he began his career as a coach in Derby County for the Championship (Part 2), followed by Maurizio Sari, where he held his home team’s Chelsea baton in August 2019.
The report card for the first season was 20 wins, 6 draws, 12 losses, 66 points and 4th place.
Chelsea recruited Timo Werner, Hakim Ziech, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Kai Haberz and Edouard Mendi to support Lampard. The money that Chelsea spent in the summer transfer market was a whopping 275 million euros (about 330 billion won).
However, the results in the 2020-2021 season dropped sharply. 1 win, 1 draw, 3 loss in the last 5 games. Until the 19th round, he fell 8 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses, 29 points, 9th place.
Eventually, Chelsea chose to break up with the team’s legend.
“It was a difficult decision, because I personally respect Lampard,” said Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. “But in the current situation, I thought it was right. Lampard is still an icon of the club.”
“There are no more comments until a new manager is appointed,” Chelsea stressed.
However, local media have already designated Thomas Tuhel as the next command tower. Coach Tuchel led the French League-en-Paris Saint-Germain until last season.
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