Chelsea interim manager Frank Lampard is reportedly expected to stay at the club for the rest of the season, despite the club holding talks with Mauricio Pochettino.
Lampard took temporary charge of his former club at the start of the month following the dismissal of Graham Potter at Stamford Bridge. The change has now however brought a change in fortunes for the club, with Nottingham Forest still to play the Blues at Stamford Bridge before the end of the season.
Chelsea’s 2-0 loss against Brentford on Wednesday night was their fifth in a row under the interim manager. The result leaves them in 11th place in the table on 39 points, they can still mathematically be relegated from the league.
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Forest face Chelsea away from home in the third from last match on Saturday, 13 May (3pm kick off). It’s a game which could be crucial in Steve Cooper ’s side’s fight to finish outside of the bottom three at the end of the season.
Ahead of Chelsea’s game against Brentford, all of the talk was over the club being in negotiations with former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino to take over from Lampard. But it seems that it will still be Lampard in charge of the Blues when they take on Forest.
According to Sky Sports , Chelsea’s intention is for Pochettino to take over the club at the end of the season with Lampard remaining at the helm until then, including against the Reds. Pochettino is said to be closing in on a return to the Premier League with Chelsea with the report claiming that an announcement is expected ‘within the next week.’
The Argentinian has been out of work since leaving French giants Paris Saint-Germain back in the summer. He spent He spent four-and-a-half years at Spurs, challenging Leicester City for the Premier League title in 2016 and leading them to a Champions League final.
The news about Lampard remaining at Chelsea has gone down well with some Forest fans on social media. “Great news forest fans!” one wrote, while a second posted: “You love to see it.” A third predicted: “Beating Lampard to stay up,”
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