[골닷컴] Reporter Man-Sung Han = Manager Frank Lampard, who left Chelsea during last season, is returning. He took over as Everton’s manager, who recently sacked coach Rafael Benitez.
Everton announced the appointment of Lampard as manager on the night of the 31st (Korean time) on the club’s official website. Everton recently sacked Benitez manager due to poor performance, and have been struggling with candidates such as Roberto Martinez and Vitor Ferreira. But in the end, Everton’s choice was Lampard. Lampard was sacked from Chelsea last season because his performance did not live up to expectations. But he has been acclaimed for his flair for nurturing young players in Derby County and Chelsea.
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Lampard retains many of the coaching staff who have worked with him in the past at Derby and Chelsea at Everton. Coach Joe Edwards and coach Chris Jones will join the ‘Lampard Division’ in Everton following Derby and Chelsea to lead the team.
However, Lampard is pushing to reinforce the coaching staff. According to a report by the English daily ‘Evening Standard’ on the 31st, Lampard is planning to hire fellow coach Ashley Cole, who played with Chelsea and the England national team during his active career. Cole took over as the England Under-21 national team coach in July last year. Since then, he has been building his coaching career as a coach for the England Under-21 national team and as a coach for Chelsea’s youth academy. Lampard offered him a coaching job with Everton’s first team.
Aside from Cole, manager Paul Clement will join the Everton coaching staff as a member. Clement has previously coached Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich. Since then, he has held managerial positions at Swansea, Reading and Sécle Brugge. He also agreed to accept Lampard’s Everton coaching job offer.
Meanwhile, Lampard, who took the Everton baton, is expected to make his debut in the FA Cup 4th round home match once morest Brentford on the 6th at midnight (Korean time).
