{"id":7917,"date":"2022-01-31T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/31\/official-everton-confirm-frank-lampard-as-new-manager\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T09:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:00:32","slug":"official-everton-confirm-frank-lampard-as-new-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/31\/official-everton-confirm-frank-lampard-as-new-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Everton confirm Frank Lampard as new manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Everton have officially announced that Frank Lampard is their new permanent manager following the dismissal of Rafa Benitez earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard, per Everton, has joined the club on a deal that will keep him at Goodison Park until 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The new Everton manager will be supported by Joe Edwards as his Assistant Manager, Paul Clement as First Team Coach and Chris Jones as First Team Coach and Head of Performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f | Everton Football Club can confirm the appointment of Frank Lampard as the Club\u2019s new manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1488143025280716805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nWhat Frank Lampard said about becoming Everton manager<\/h2>\n<p>After being confirmed as Everton boss, Frank Lampard had this to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evertonfc.com\/news\/2467281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">say<\/a>: \u201cIt is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton Football Club. I\u2019m very hungry to get started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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. \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. My 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<h2>When will Frank Lampard take charge of Everton?<\/h2>\n<p>As confirmed by Everton, Frank Lampard\u2019s first game at the helm will be vs Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>The Toffees take on Thomas Frank\u2019s side in an FA Cup clash on Saturday the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of February.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-golden-boot-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\">Premier League golden boot race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/premier-league-relegation-race-latest-odds-and-tips-2021-22\/\">Premier League relegation race: Latest odds and tips 2021\/22<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everton have officially announced that Frank Lampard is their new permanent manager following the dismissal of Rafa Benitez earlier this month. Lampard, per Everton, has joined the club on a deal that will keep him at Goodison Park until 2024. The new Everton manager will be supported by Joe Edwards as his Assistant Manager, Paul [&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-7917","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\/7917","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=7917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}