the coach Frank Lampard was fired from the Chelsea after a series of bad results, the London team announced on Monday, a year and a half after arriving at the stop.
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“A change is needed to give the club time and improve performances and results this season,” the English team said in a statement.
the Chelsea currently ranks ninth in the Premier League, eleven points behind the leader Manchester United.
Lampard, 42-year-old and club legend, has not been able to keep the Blues at the top of the table, despite major additions for this season, with the arrivals of Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner.
The owner of the entity, the Russian millionaire Roman Abramovich, Described the decision as “very difficult”. “In the current circumstances we believe it is preferable to change the technical team,” wrote the president, a month before the round of 16 of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid.
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It should be mentioned that the Chelsea qualified yesterday for the round of 16 of the Cup, after winning 3-1 in the ‘ Luton.
In a year and a half at the helm of the team, Lampard has led the Blues to an FA Cup final and a promising fourth place in the Premier League, in their first season at Stamford Bridge.
His replacement on the bench
The name of his replacement has not been announced, however The Telegraph reveal minutes after the dismissal that Thomas Tuchel, Technician of the PSG, Will be in charge of taking the reins of the Chelsea.
After two years in the Paris squad and reaching the Champions League final in 2020, the German is currently without a team, but he would already have everything ready to face this new challenge. He will be reunited with the American Pulisic since both coincided in the Borussia Dortmund.