"Definitely a possibility" – Journalist drops interesting Everton claim involving Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard will be sacked if Everton are relegated this season, according to Daily Star journalist Paul Brown.

Everton slipped into the bottom three for the first time since December 2019 after their Merseyside derby defeat on Sunday and are now in serious danger of losing their Premier League status.

Burnley’s victory over Wolves earlier in the day meant that Lampard’s side arrived at Anfield inside the relegation zone.

However, the Toffees showed little signs of nerves in the early exchanges as they frustrated the quadruple hopefuls for long periods in the game. In fact, Liverpool, who are the top goalscorers in the Premier League, failed to muster up a single shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.

Everton even had chances of their own, with Anthony Gordon a constant thorn in the Reds’ backline.

But Everton’s resistance was finally broken just past the hour mark when Mohamed Salah crossed for Andy Robertson to head home at the far post.

Lampard’s side continued to show fight and spirit, but they were unable to make the most of their half chances and fell further behind late on when Luis Diaz’s overhead kick found Divock Origi, who continued his love affair with this fixture.

It was a seventh defeat in 11 top-flight games for Lampard, who’s taken Everton from 15th to 18th in his short time at the club, which has left them fighting to avoid dropping into the Championship.

And Brown reckons that relegation will automatically mark the end of Lampard’s time as manager.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “It feels like Lampard can’t be there next season because he’s failed to do his job, that’s definitely a possibility, although the only way I see a new manager coming to Everton is if they go down and the owner goes, ‘you failed,