Your morning Everton headlines on Sunday, January 22.
Bill Kenwright and Farhad Moshiri break silence on Frank Lampard after Everton lose again
Everton owner Farhad Moshiri was quizzed about the future of manager Frank Lampard after today's defeat.
The Blues were beaten 2-0 by West Ham in the Premier League clash on Saturday afternoon. The result leaves Everton mired in the relegation zone - above only Southampton on goal difference - and without a win in their last eight top flight fixtures.
Moshiri was at the London Stadium to watch Everton’s loss. Prior to that match, he had not watched the Blues in action since their 5-2 defeat to Watford towards the end of 2021.
Moshiri was joined by chairman Bill Kenwright, chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale plus Graeme Sharp and director of football Kevin Thelwell in the capital. And after the game, two members of the board spoke to reporters.
First was Kenwright, who was asked by Sky Sports about the club’s current form.
“It’s been a bad run of results for us all and for Frank,” said Kenwright. “But I would never say that to you,” he added, when asked if it was time for Lampard to leave the club.
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Frank Lampard speaks out on his Everton future and makes Richarlison point
Frank Lampard stressed he is "prepared to dig in" as Everton's struggles continued with a 2-0 defeat at West Ham United.
The Blues boss said it would be "hard" to suggest the situation is moving in the right direction after overseeing a run of eight league games without a win. The club now sit second from bottom, above Southampton only on goal difference.
Speaking after the loss at the London Stadium, Lampard laid out the challenge facing him - pointing to a lack of transfer funds and the sale of Richarlison over the summer. He said any progress would take time to materialise.
Asked whether he believed majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, in attendance for a game during Lampard's tenure for the first time, had seen enough to be convinced the situation could change, the 44-year-old said he could not second guess the billionaire.
On whether there were signs of progress, Lampard responded: "It would be hard for me to sit here and talk about the right direction in terms of recent results. I've said it before games recently. We stayed up by the skin of our teeth last year. We were five points shy of safety with not many games to go. I said the other day I think we would maybe stay where we are and someone gave me a second question and said is that competitive enough talk, as such?
Joe Thomas has more, here.
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