Frank Lampard has been sacked by Everton with the club second bottom of the Premier League.
Less than a year after replacing Rafael Benitez following his ill-fated 200-day spell at Goodison Park, owner Farhad Moshiri has fired his sixth manager in just under seven years since taking charge of the Merseyside club. Ultimately, Lampard paid the price for a run of nine defeats in 12 league matches. which has left the club embroiled in a second successive relegation battle.
Lampard's departure comes only 10 days after Moshiri offered public backing for his manager. But damaging defeats to fellow strugglers Southampton and West Ham forced a change of opinion. The latter of those, 2-0 at the London Stadium on Saturday, took place with Moshiri attending his first match in 15 months.
