There are few jobs in football that are more demanding and pressurised than managing Chelsea, but by accepting the challenge of reviving Everton‘s Premier League fortunes, Frank Lampard has arguably found an even more difficult task in his new job at Goodison Park than he ever encountered at Stamford Bridge.
When you manage Chelsea, it goes with the territory that success is an absolute must, but while owner Roman Abramovich expects silverware from every manager he appoints, the job also comes with the knowledge that the club is a supremely well-run organisation, with some of the best developing talent in the game in its youth ranks and the financial backing of Abramovich, who has always ensured that the team is stocked with elite players in every position.
Sometimes even success isn’t enough to stay in the job at Chelsea. Carlo Ancelotti was fired just a year after winning the Premier…
