Everton sack Frank Lampard

Everton have sacked the club’s manager, Frank Lampard.

Lampard was sacked on Monday after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat by West Ham left Everton 19th in the Premier League and without a win in 10 matches in all competitions.

Lampard’s dismissal followed Everton owner Farhad Moshiri attending his first match since October 2021 as the Toffees succumbed to defeat at the London Stadium – their third consecutive defeat in the league.

The former Chelsea player and manager arrived at Goodison Park in January 2022, and although he helped the club avoid the drop last season, he leaves Everton with 15 points from 20 games and three wins this term – the worst victory record in the division.

Everton are 19th in the table, with only Southampton below them on goal difference.

Lampard took his first steps in management with Derby in 2018.

In his one season in charge, they reached the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa.

He replaced Maurizio Sarri as Chelsea manager in July 2019 but was sacked after 18 months.

Lampard took over at Goodison Park with Everton 16th in the table, six points above the relegation zone.

Everton had 10 defeats in the remaining 18 games of the season, but secured their survival with a 3-2 comeback victory against Crystal Palace on what Lampard called “one of the greatest nights” of his career.

Lampard won only 12 of his 44 matches in charge in all competitions, a win percentage of 27.27 that is far worse than his record at Derby (42.1%) and Chelsea (52.4%).

As a player, Lampard made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies during 13 seasons with Chelsea after joining from boyhood club West Ham in 2001.

He left Stamford Bridge in June 2014 as the club’s all-time leading scorer with 211 goals and had stints at Manchester City and New York City before ending his 21-year professional playing career in 2017.

Frank Lampard scored 29 goals in 106 games for England.

The Star

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