Frank Lampard, former England International and Ex Chelsea Coach has been offered the vacant managerial role at Everton, after Rafa Benitez was sacked.
Lampard, 43, has been unemployed for a year after being fired as Chelsea manager in January after just 18 months in charge.
On Friday, Vitor Pereira of Portugal and caretaker Duncan Ferguson of Scotland had their second interviews for the post, but the club chose Lampard.
Rafael Benitez was fired after just one of his past 13 games went well.
The former Liverpool manager lasted little over seven months in charge, and his team is now 16th in the Premier League, six points above the relegation zone.
Pereira seemed to be on his way to getting the position after conducting “extremely good” conversations with club executives, who were “enthused” by what he suggested.
‘Pereira out, Lampard in,’ wrote graffiti on Everton’s Goodison Park this week, opposing the deal.
On Wednesday night, roughly 100 supporters protested at Goodison Park against the club’s management.
Formerly a Toffee, Wayne Rooney was also a contender for the job, but he declined Everton’s offer to speak with them because he wanted to remain at Championship strugglers Derby County.
Lampard, the former manager of the Rams, was in discussions to take over at Norwich in November before dropping out and being replaced by Dean Smith.
By the time Everton face Brentford in the FA Cup on February 5th, he might have been named manager.
Lampard’s Record At Chelsea
Frank Lampard made 648 appearances and won 11 major trophies during his 13 years at Stamford Bridge, including four Premier League championships and the 2012 Champions League.
In his first season in charge as Manager, he led Chelsea to fourth place and the FA Cup final, but owner Roman Abramovich fired him after a run of five losses in eight games.
Lampard had the lowest points-per-game average of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League, with 1.67.
Only Andre Villas-Boas (47.5 percent) has a worse victory record than Lampard (52.4 percent) among permanent Chelsea managers during the Abramovich era.
