{"id":7632,"date":"2022-01-28T18:01:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T23:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/28\/everton-finally-come-to-managerial-decision-as-job-offer-tabled\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T23:01:06","slug":"everton-finally-come-to-managerial-decision-as-job-offer-tabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/28\/everton-finally-come-to-managerial-decision-as-job-offer-tabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton finally come to managerial decision as job offer tabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frank Lampard has been offered the managerial reins at Premier League outfit Everton, it has been confirmed on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The subject of the hotseat at Goodison Park has of course proven headline news over the course of the last couple of weeks, owing to the long overdue dismissal of Rafael Benitez.<\/p>\n<p>And now, it appears as though a decision on Benitez\u2019s replacement has finally been made, with the aforementioned Lampard having beaten out competition from the likes of Vitor Pereira and Duncan Ferguson to secure the post.<\/p>\n<p>As per a report from The Telegraph, the former English international, out of work since being dismissed by Chelsea 12 months ago, thoroughly impressed the Everton brass during a call-back interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lampard was interviewed again formally this week and made himself the stand-out candidate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lampard, in turn, is expected to be unveiled as the latest face in the dugout on the blue half of Merseyside in time to take charge of the Toffees\u2019 FA Cup showdown with Brentford next weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exclusive: Frank Lampard offered Everton job \u2013 poised to bring end to manager search <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamWallaceTel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SamWallaceTel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Matt_Law_DT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Matt_Law_DT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iJ5uKsSf2f\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/iJ5uKsSf2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeleFootball\/status\/1487166024776658945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Have a job at Derby\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Word of Lampard being offered the job at Goodison, interestingly, comes just hours after Everton icon Wayne Rooney provided an explanation for his decision to turn down the chance to interview for the vacant post on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media on Friday afternoon, ex-Blues hitman Rooney confirmed that his agent was approached over the possibility of a return to his former stomping ground.<\/p>\n<p>The tactician, however, knocked back such advances, assuring that he remains fully committed to Derby County\u2019s efforts to stave off relegation from the Championship:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wayne Rooney: \u201cEverton approached my agent and asked me to interview for the job. I turned it down. I believe I will be a PL manager and am ready for that 100%. But I have a job at Derby, which is important to me\u201d. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sistoney67?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sistoney67<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BmRK4shl05\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BmRK4shl05<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1487054936479342592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/video-newcastle-defender-sent-off-for-lashing-out-as-saint-maximin-amongst-the-goals-in-friendly-clash\/\">Video: Newcastle defender sent off for lashing out as Saint-Maximin amongst the goals in friendly clash<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/crystal-palace-close-on-late-double-transfer-ahead-of-deadline\/\">Crystal Palace close on late double transfer ahead of deadline<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Frank Lampard has been offered the managerial reins at Premier League outfit Everton, it has been confirmed on Friday night. The subject of the hotseat at Goodison Park has of course proven headline news over the course of the last couple of weeks, owing to the long overdue dismissal of Rafael Benitez. And now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-7632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}