Everton has sacked manager Frank Lampard following a dreadful run of 11 defeats in 14 games.
Everton was on Saturday defeated by West Ham which left them 19th in the Premier League and without a win in 10 matches in all competitions.
Lampard’s dismissal follows Everton owner Farhad Moshiri attending his first match since October 2021 as the Toffees succumbed to defeat at the London Stadium – their third consecutive defeat in the league.
Moshiri left the London Stadium, where he made a rare visit to watch the team, bizarrely claiming that a decision on Lampard’s future was not his to make. Everton’s board met to discuss the team’s plight on Sunday and the former England international was informed his reign was over on Monday.
Lampard had overseen just one win in his last 12 Premier League matches and had been in a precarious position since the Boxing Day home defeat by Wolves, who were bottom at the time.
Everton have since slipped to joint bottom of the league with the club’s lowest points tally at this stage of any Premier League season following a calamitous defeat by Brighton and another home loss to last-placed Southampton.
The 44-year-old replaced the divisive Rafael Benítez on 31 January last year but, despite preserving Everton’s top-flight status in the penultimate game of the season against Crystal Palace, his win ratio was worse than any permanent Everton manager with the exception of Mike Walker.
Lampard’s departure means the Everton owner, Farhad Moshiri, has sacked six managers in almost seven years and is seeking the eighth permanent manager of his chaotic tenure.
The former Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhüttl, who was considered after Benítez was sacked, and former Burnley manager Sean Dyche could be among the candidates to succeed Lampard. Everton may also consider a temporary appointment until the end of the season.