Everton manager Frank Lampard believes that “communication” is the key if he is to work alongside a director of football at the club.
Everton’s last director of football Marcel Brands departed Goodison Park last December, less than eight months after penning a contract extension that committed him to the club until 2024.
While a strategic football review at Everton remains ongoing, the ECHO understands the club are seeking a new director of football so the position will be retained.
Asked about the prospect of working alongside a director of football, Lampard said: “I think it’s been quite open, before I even turned up at the club, that the club is doing a strategic review of that as such across the board.
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“My feeling is of course I would like an input into that, I think it’s my role to a degree but my first role at this club is to get us winning football games.
“The amount that consumes you in my job, it’s been so important for me in these first two or three weeks, to put my head completely on that working with the squad.
“I think we’ll see going forward. I would have an opinion on it. Working with a director of football of course, many clubs do.
“The key for me is the communication and the fact that everything is aligned and you work in the same direction.
“I think if you can get that mix, great, then I think it would be a really positive force for the club.
“So that’s where we’re at in this process. The club will make their decisions on that.
“When they ask for me input, I will most certainly give it.”
