Chelsea’s board have reportedly been ‘furious’ with the team’s poor form under Frank Lampard in recent weeks.
The Blues handed Lampard plenty of money to invest in the squad over the summer, with big-name signings like Timo Werner, Kai Havertz, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell, Edouard Mendy and Thiago Silva coming in.
MORE: Thomas Tuchel to be next Chelsea manager
However, Chelsea only seem to have gone backwards since last season as they sit a worryingly low 9th in the Premier League table.
As noted by Fabrizio Romano in the tweet below, this has understandably been met with much anger by club chiefs…
Frank Lampard is set to be sacked, as @Matt_Law_DT reported today. Chelsea board ‘furious’ and ‘disappointed’ for weeks. ? #CFC #Lampard
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 25, 2021
According to The Athletic, it looks like former Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel is going to be the man coming in to replace Lampard.
This is despite the Telegraph noting that Chelsea have previously been warned off Tuchel, who has certainly divided opinion after his stint at PSG.
It seems clear, however, that CFC needed a change, with Lampard losing the faith of his board after such a poor start to the season.
Thomas Tuchel is the man set to replace Frank Lampard at Chelsea, in a German-focused plan that seems to have been devised to get Timo Werner and Kai Havertz on track… pic.twitter.com/gTgYyUxdkC
— CaughtOffside (@caughtoffside) January 25, 2021
Team plays badly = board not happy
Punchy journalism
He has literally been sacked LOL!
What a bunch of crap Lampard is the man for chelsea yh the form of the team has dropped but that ain’t on frank Werner couldnt hit a goal if no1 was in goal and had 45 mins with no1 in front of him I am truly annoyed at this news and will lose even more faith in the chelsea board as for roman sell up and go away
Too late – He’s gone.
We are tried with lampand now although I had faith in him money for the players was given to him and the players were selected by himself
The tri-partite system of owner/ in-house staff/ manager breaks down if not all going in the same direction.
Too much power lies with the in-house staff promoting the youth products and their own recruitment.
If Frank had only to please Roman he would know where he stood and made appropriate decisions but the spectacle of having to please others responsible for poor buying decisions and over promoted youth players has made it impossible for him to clear out the dross and get what he wants.
I agree with the Board that £80m on Rice is not good business but Frank was not responsible for Jorjinho, Arrizabalaga ,Emerson, and needed to beef up his midfield.
Tuchel will need to change the structure to be successful. I fear he will see it as a short term contract and bring his own men in.
disappointed with Roman ,this history of firing coaches is not the solution wen you face a rough stage . looking back to the time of Conte you supported a player who had already showed his intrest in moving out and what happened to him again at Athletico . Some times we have to put our egos aside and show a little faith in what we have , looking at it it is what i prefer to call paralysis by analysis . I think Roman was too hash to call for an axe , why never give him to finish the season .
I’ve been a Chelsea fan all my life and I am absolutely certain sacking Frank was the right decision,for him being a fantastic midfielder himself the way he thought Mason Mount was the answer is quite unbelievable,Mount is meant to be an attacking midfielder,he’s scored 2 goals all season and that was against a poor West Brom and 10 man Fulham side,all Frank said was he gives us energy that surely is not enough to lead Chelsea to anything great,I just hope Frank takes Mount with him,attacking midfielders should create and score goals not do donkey work.
You’re kinda right, but I the concluding Statement, to me was a little harsh. we saw the level of performance Mount produced last season, while the team was better managed.