Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is now on the verge of becoming Roman Abramovich's latest managerial victim at Stamford Bridge following a poor run of bad results.
A 2-0 loss to former Premier League champions Leicester City at King Power Stadium on Tuesday night has left Chelsea facing an uphill task to secure a champions league place, having spent more than £200m in the summer.
The Blues' loss to the foxes was their fifth loss in their last eight League encounter as first half goals from Nigerian midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and England international James Maddison sealed the maximum points for Brendan Rodger’s men, heaping more pressure on Blues boss Frank Lampard in the process.
The loss on Tuesday night at the King Power Stadium means the Blues, who will be hoping to return to winning ways on Sunday when they lock horns with Luton Town in the Emirates FA Cup fourth round, have won only a game in their last five Premier League games.
Considering the fact that Roman spent in excess of £220million on signing seven new players during the last summer window, their present form will be of great worry to their Billionaire owner, who backed the Chelsea legend so much last summer window in the hope that he could build a team strong enough to challenge for the Premier League title.
Truly, up until recently, the Blues looked as though they could challenge the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool, who have dominated the Premier League title race in recent campaigns.
Their most recent loss to Leicester City has left Lampard’s men in the eighth position, five points adrift defending Champions Liverpool in fourth place. That gap should have been extended when Liverpool played against Burnley on Thursday night, but Burnley took victory away from the defending champions with Footy Accumulators helping several fans claim some winnings as lay their predictions.
The Chelsea boss is now facing a vital run of matches with Luton Town this coming weekend in the Emirates FA Cup followed by League matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, and Sheffield United. Matches Chelsea club hierarchy would expect Lampard must win if he wants to keep his job.
Whether Lampard is handed more time to turn results around remains to be known but British media reports indicate that Roman Abramovich has already made up his mind on a replacement.
Reports have it that the Blues would not look to name an interim manager to take charge for the remainder of the campaigns and, if Chelsea’s all-time scorer was to be sacked, the search would start for an instant replacement at Stamford Bridge.
RB Leipzig manager Julian Nagelsmann is one of the leading candidates to replace Frank Lampard at Chelsea but the Blues may struggle to lure him to depart the German Bundesliga club in the winter, as they challenge Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title.
It is believed that Nagelsmann will bring out the best in underperforming summer singing Timo Werner who shone like million stars at Leipzig under the German coach. Timo has failed to spark under Frank Lampard.
Axed Paris Saint-Germain manager Thomas Tuchel, is another leading contender to land the job he was sacked by the French club last year and would be available to instantly take up the Stamford Bridge job.
Right now, the pressure is on Frank Lampard to turn things around as soon as possible and save Chelsea's campaign from disaster.
