Frank Lampard: Chelsea icon's fines at Everton as player is pulled up for being seconds late

Frank Lampard has made the perfect start to life at Everton.

Having made his return to management over a year on from his Chelsea sacking, Lampard oversaw his Toffees side smashing four goals past Brentford in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.

Strikes from Yerry Mina, Richarlison, Mason Holgate and Andros Townsend rendered Ivan Toney’s penalty as a mere consolation goal with Lampard duly endearing himself to the Goodison Park faithful in emphatic style.

Naturally, Lampard will be well aware that one win in the FA Cup doesn’t guarantee a seamless tenure on Merseyside, but it was certainly a great way for him to get his feet under the table.

And it seems as though the Chelsea legend is doing more than overseeing four-goal hauls when it comes to marking a change in direction from Rafael Benitez’s disastrous spell in charge.

Fans might be aware that Lampard uses a fine system to ensure that certain standards are upheld at the clubs that he manages – and it doesn’t look as though his time at Everton will be any different.

According to talkSPORT, an image of Lampard’s list of fines at Stamford Bridge was leaked on to social media in 2019 with eye-watering fees in the thousands being incurred for all manner of behavioural breaches.

Your phone ringing in team meetings would see you lose £1,000, refusal to perform corporate or community projects would strip you of £5,000 and arriving late for the start of training ended in a £20,000 fine. Oof.

And a fresh report from The Sun this week claims that Lampard’s use of fines has travelled up north with him to Everton and that one player incurred his wrath on the very first day of training.

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