When Frank Lampard left Everton, few would have expected him to earn a return to Stamford Bridge off the back of it. Not even three months following a year spent at Goodison Park, the Chelsea legend is back in the hot seat and hoping to ignite Chelsea's season.
The caretaker manager joined the Toffees in January 2022 and helped galvanise the club and its supporters en route to Premier League safety but 12 months on a similar battle awaited and he was judged not to be the man for the job having earned just three wins in 2022/23. His period out of the game, albeit it short and with plenty of family time, has also allowed for a period of reflection to consider his career.
He said: "It’s probably too long an answer in a way to give you the full story. But I reflected on having an amazing year at Everton personally. It’s always an honour to manage a club of that status, like it is for me to be sitting here, because it’s a huge football club. We had an amazing moment together, staying in the Premier League, which will absolutely stick with me for a long time because of what it meant to the people of Everton, my employers at Everton, the team, everything.
