Ashley Cole joins Frank Lampard’s coaching team at Everton as former Chelsea teammates link up once more

New Everton manager Frank Lampard has brought former England and Chelsea teammate Ashley Cole into his setup as first-team coach. Cole enjoyed a decorated playing career, making 107 appearances for England and winning 13 major trophies at a domestic level. Ad/> Eight of those triumphs came at Chelsea alongside Lampard, including the 2012 Champions League, and Cole is looking forward to working with the former midfielder once more.

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He is an excellent manager and leader. With the rest of the staff here, we have everything in place for what we want to achieve together.” Cole ended his playing career in 2019 at Derby County, playing under Lampard and then working there as a coach before following him to Stamford Bridge in October 2019 when becoming one of the club’s academy coaches. In 2021, the former Arsenal left-back then became England Under-21s assistant manager under head coach and former Everton midfielder Lee Carsley.

Van de Beek joins Everton on loan from Man Utd Dele joins Everton from Spurs in deal that could cost £40m His move to Merseyside sees him join Lampard’s backroom team alongside assistant managers Joe Edwards and Duncan Ferguson, first-team coach Paul Clement, first-team coach and head of performance Chris Jones and goalkeeping coach Alan Kelly. Lampard added: “I’m delighted to add Ashley into my backroom team. Everyone knows