{"id":774544,"date":"2022-02-01T01:38:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/01\/frank-lampard-unveiled-as-everton-manager\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T01:38:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:38:16","slug":"frank-lampard-unveiled-as-everton-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/01\/frank-lampard-unveiled-as-everton-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard unveiled as Everton manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/3301091-67502088-2560-1440-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"3301091-67502088-2560-1440\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Everton have confirmed Frank Lampard as the club\u2019s new manager.<\/p>\n<p>The former Derby and Chelsea boss has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract \u2013 until June 2024 \u2013 having impressed the club over a series of interviews.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old will take charge of training this week and his first game will be a meeting with Brentford in the fourth round of the FA Cup on February 5.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cIt is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton football club.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very hungry to get started. After speaking to the owner, chairman and the board, I very much felt their passion and ambition. I hope they felt my ambition and how hard I want to work to bring it together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can feel the passion Everton fans have for their club. That will be hugely important. As a team \u2013 the competitive level that the Premier League brings and the position we are in the table \u2013 we certainly need that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a two-way thing. I think Everton is a unique club in that you can really understand what the fans want to see. The first thing they want is fight and desire and that must always be our baseline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first message to the players will be that we have to do this together. We\u2019ll try to do our job and I know the fans will be there backing us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The managerial vacancy became available after the Toffees dispensed with the services of Rafael Benitez following a disappointing spell at the helm for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<p>Benitez took charge in June last year, replacing Carlo Ancelotti, but things did not work out and he was axed on January 16 following a 2-1 defeat to struggling Norwich the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Everton majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri said: \u201cI am really delighted that Frank has joined us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an impressive young man on and off the pitch. He has played at the very highest level of the game and has football in his blood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe impressed us all greatly during the thorough interview process and we\u2019re all ready to give him all of our support as he looks to give the team an immediate boost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everton targeted Roberto Martinez, but were forced to look elsewhere after the Belgian FA vetoed any prospect of him combining a club job with his duties as Belgium coach.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Rooney was in the running but ruled himself out, saying he had unfinished business at Derby, and Lampard beat off competition from Duncan Ferguson and former Porto boss Vitor Pereira.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard takes over with Everton in 16th in the Premier League, five points above the drop zone, and they face fellow strugglers Newcastle on February 8.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xWD81qhFRJk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;&#039;Another Man is claiming Paternity of my Baby\u2019\u2019 \u2013 Young Man narrates \u2013 Obra on Adom TV (31-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xWD81qhFRJk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton have confirmed Frank Lampard as the club\u2019s new manager. The former Derby and Chelsea boss has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract \u2013 until June 2024 \u2013 having impressed the club over a series of interviews. 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