Everton has appointed Chelsea legend Frank Lampard as their new manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal. Paul Clement will be the first team coach with caretaker manager Duncan Ferguson being asked by Frank Lampard to be a part of the backroom staff. Lampard became the frontrunner for the job on Friday before he was formally offered the job on Saturday. Lampard is set to take up first-team training on Monday.
“It is a huge honor for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton Football Club,” Frank Lampard said. “I’m very hungry to get started. After speaking to the owner, chairman, and the board, I very much felt their passion and ambition. I hope they felt my ambition and how hard I want to work to bring it together. You can feel the passion Everton fans have for their club. That will be hugely important. As a team – the competitive level that the Premier League brings and the position we are in the table – we certainly need that. It’s a two-way thing.”
“I think Everton is a unique club in that you can really understand what the fans want to see. The first thing they want is fight and desire and that must always be our baseline,” he added. “My first message to the players will be that we have to do this together. We’ll try to do our job and I know the fans will be there backing us.”
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