Chelsea may hire Frank Lampard for interim role

Chelsea are in talks with Frank Lampard to change into the membership’s interim head coach as they proceed to look for a everlasting successor to Graham Potter, sources have informed ESPN.

The 44-year-old has emerged as a possible short-term answer to take cost till the top of the season as negotiations stay ongoing with quite a lot of candidates over the Stamford Bridge emptiness.

Potter was sacked Sunday after lower than seven months in cost and sources have informed ESPN that the membership initially recognized 5 to seven people who may exchange him.

The membership have made contact with Julian Nagelsmann, sacked final month by Bayern Munich, and Luis Enrique, who flew to London on Wednesday for what sources describe as optimistic talks over the place.

Former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino was additionally regarded as into account, however as of Tuesday no contact had been made with the 51-year-old.

The recruitment course of is being led by co-sporting administrators Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, who knowledgeable Potter in face-to-face talks on the membership’s Cobham coaching base that his contract can be terminated with unanimous backing of the board

Sources have informed ESPN that Nagelsmann would ideally like to attend till the summer time to decide on his subsequent role.

Lampard’s availability — having been out of labor since being sacked by Everton in January — provides Chelsea the pliability to afford one among their most well-liked long-term candidates time to resolve.

He managed Chelsea for 18 months previous to Thomas Tuchel’s appointment as head coach in 2021 and is the membership’s all-time main aim scorer, having netted 211 occasions from 649 appearances.

Bruno Saltor, a coach beneath Potter with no managerial expertise, took cost of Tuesday’s 0-0 draw in opposition to Liverpool. Lampard was in attendance.

ESPN’s Rodrigo Faez contributed to this story.