[bitontheslide]

Chelsea have appointed former midfielder Frank Lampard as their manager on a three-year deal.

Lampard, 41, has left Championship side Derby County to take over at a club where he spent 13 years as a player.

He succeeds Maurizio Sarri, who left Stamford Bridge in June to take charge of Italian champions Juventus.

Lampard led Derby to the Championship play-off final, where they lost to Aston Villa, in his first season as a manager.

The former England international made 648 Chelsea appearances, winning 11 major trophies with them.

He takes over with Chelsea under a transfer embargo after the club were given a two-window transfer ban by world governing body Fifa - a decision they are appealing against at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48632172

[Nicky91]

hope Frank will give the Chelsea own academy players a chance

[Mystic Mock]

Good luck to him.

[Dogeatdog]

Will be interesting to see where he takes Chelsea this season seeing as they are on a transfer ban. Good luck to him though.