Lampard Sends Message to Chelsea Players Ahead of New Manager’s Announcement

• Chelsea are three Premier League games to the end of their worst season in many years
• Frank Lampard will also make way for a new manager believed to be Mauricio Pochettino
• The club legend has sounded a warning to the players on what to do before the next manager comes

Frank Lampard appears to confirm the obvious - the arrival of a new permanent manager at Chelsea, believed to be former Paris Saint-Germain manager Mauricio Pochettino.

The club legend has three Premier League games to go until the end of his reign as interim boss - to round off their worst season in years with a guaranteed bottom-half finish.

He is the fourth manager to have managed at least a game in the Stamford Bridge dugout this season, after Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Bruno Saltor, who managed the game against Liverpool.

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According to The Athletic, Lampard will collaborate with Pochettino and the sporting directors to ease the transition and set the team on track for next season.

Lampard’s message to Chelsea players

Chelsea have a bloated squad with over thirty first team members, and there will be a mass exodus at the end of the season regardless of who comes in as the manager.

Some of those departing are already confirmed, while others have their futures depending on the final words of the incoming manager, which is why Lampard has warned them.

“If you want to stay at Chelsea and you want to impress the new manager, show it in these next three games because, for sure, he will be watching,” he told Football Daily.

According to talkSPORT, Pochettino will resume at Chelsea after taking charge of the World XI at the Soccer Aid charity match against England XI on June 12.

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Priority positions Pochettino must address

Sports Brief listed four priority positions Pochettino must address as new Chelsea boss in his first transfer window.

A mass exodus is planned, and a few incomings must be added for a balanced squad. He has to resolve the goalkeeping conundrum in his first days.

The defensive midfielder role needs a signing; the attacking midfield needs a decision, while the striker needs a decision or a signing, depending on Romelu Lukaku.