Frank Lampard confirmed as new Everton manager on a two-and-a-half-year contract

Everton have confirmed Frank Lampard as the club’s new manager. The former Derby and Chelsea boss has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract — until June 2024 — having impressed the club over a series of interviews. Ad/> The 43-year-old will take charge of training this week and his first game will be a meeting with Brentford in the fourth round of the FA Cup on February 5.

Premier LeagueEverton settle on Lampard as club's new manager — Report28/01/2022 AT 22:11 Lampard told the club's official website: «It is a huge honour for me to represent and manage a club the size and tradition of Everton football club. »I’m very hungry to get started. After 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. «You can feel the passion Everton fans have for their club. That will be hugely important.

As a team – the competitive level that the Premier League brings and the position we are in the table – we certainly need that. »It’s 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’ll try to do our job and I know the fans will be there backing us.» /> The managerial vacancy became available after the Toffees dispensed with the services of Rafael Benitez following a disappointing spell at the helm for the Spaniard.