Yesterday, the Merseyside club, Everton, announced that the 43-year-old Lampard had been appointed as their new head coach.

Last week, the Toffees axed the Champions League-winning manager, Rafa Benitez, following a string of poor results.

The player known as Super Frank in his playing days, has signed a contract of two-and-a-half years.

Speaking after his appointment as the new manager, Lampard, expressed his excitement and welcomes the challenge of getting the team back on track.

“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.”

Lampard enters the club in what is a difficult period with the team lying 16th in the standings and 4 points clear of the relegation zone.

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