His status at Chelsea is undiminished – Abramovich breaks silence on Lampard’s sack

Chelsea proprietor, Roman Abramovich, has stated Frank Lampard’s standing as a Chelsea legend “stays undiminished” regardless of his sack.

In an announcement on the membership’s official web site, Abramovich thanked Lampard for his work at Stamford Bridge during the last two years.

Lampard’s 18-month reign as Blues ended on Monday, when he was sacked by the membership.

The 42-year-old guided the Blues to a fourth-place end final season, however was unable to construct on that within the first months of the 2020/2021 marketing campaign.

Chelsea are presently sitting eight within the Premier League desk having misplaced 5 of their final eight video games.

Lampard’s final fixture was a 3-1 win over Luton City within the FA Cup on Sunday.

“On behalf of everybody on the membership, the board and personally, I wish to thank Frank for his work as head coach and want him each success sooner or later.

“He is a vital icon of this nice membership and his standing right here stays undiminished. He’ll at all times be warmly welcomed again at Stamford Bridge,” Abramovich stated.

Former Paris Saint-Germain supervisor, Thomas Tuchel, is now the new favorite to exchange Lampard.