Frank Lampard has been backed to get the best out of Everton’s stars by Gabriel Agbonlahor.
According to Sky Sports, the former Chelsea boss has put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal and will be unveiled as Rafa Benitez’s successor on Monday.
Lampard will certainly have his work cut out to turn Everton’s season around; they’ve won just one of their last 14 Premier League games and have slumped to 16th in the table.
The Toffees are just four points clear of the relegation zone, and there are fears that the enormity of the task of keeping the club in the top flight may be too much for Lampard , who has only managed two clubs thus far.
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However, Agbonlahor believes the former England star will have the same kind of impact at Goodison Park as Steven Gerrard has had at Aston Villa.
“I just think you’re going to get more from a new manager like Frank Lampard," he told talkSPORT.
“If I’m a player now, even the ones like Richarlison, the ones that think they’re the main player of the club, they’re going to have so much respect for someone like Lampard for what he’s done in the game.
“They’re going to listen to everything he tells them, they’re going to be putting their bodies on the line for him, similar to the Villa players with Steven Gerrard for me.
“He’s probably looking at this Everton squad, and they’ve got some very good players.
“Players that have been out injured, players that maybe haven’t been performing to the standards that they can. So he’s probably looking at it, maybe being told he could have a bit of money to spend.
“So I think he will be looking at this job as one where he could build a good side at Everton.”
The Toffees host Brentford in the fourth round of the FA Cup on Saturday, in what could be Lampard’s first game in charge.
