{"id":299741,"date":"2023-12-06T15:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=299741"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:54:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T15:54:19","slug":"frank-lampard-faces-dean-smith-battle-as-prem-duo-chase-managerial-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/frank-lampard-faces-dean-smith-battle-as-prem-duo-chase-managerial-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard faces Dean Smith battle as Prem duo chase managerial return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Premier League managers Frank Lampard and Dean Smith are battling over the Charlotte FC job in MLS. Both of the managers have been out of work since the end of the 2022\/23 Premier League season.<\/p>\n

Lampard was temporarily back in charge of his beloved Chelsea at the back end of last season following Graham Potter’s sacking, while Smith was unable to stop Leicester City from dropping into the Championship following a nine-year say in the top flight of English football.<\/p>\n

According to The Athletic, Lampard and Smith are among the final candidates for Charlotte FC\u2019s head coaching vacancy that became open following Christian Lattanzio’s sacking. Lattanzio lost his position following the 5-2 Eastern Conference Wild Card playoff defeat to the New York Red Bulls at the end of October.<\/p>\n

MLS is not unfamiliar territory for Lampard, who spent a year at New York City FC in 2015-16. It also happened to be where he drew the curtain over his legendary career. Charlotte isn’t the only team linked to Lampard, with Championship sides Sunderland and Bristol City linked to the ex-England midfielder in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

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Lampard has always maintained that he will choose his next managerial role carefully, after having a tough time in his last permanent job at Everton. “It could come out like I\u2019m being ultra-selective and I think the reality is a lot of jobs are challenging at this level,” Lampard said following his departure from Chelsea in the summer.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s trying to find a project, a club, that is aligned with where you want to take the team and style and the club. When I came here I certainly took it on with a lot of heart and understanding that it was short term.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t want to be an interim manager in my next job. I\u2019d actually like to be able to work in something that feels like it has an opportunity to go the way I want it to go and I\u2019m very aware of what that way is.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t want to sound too picky about it. Those challenges I\u2019ve had have sometimes been big challenges but that\u2019s what life\u2019s about. I\u2019m fortunate to say I\u2019ve managed Chelsea twice. Everton are a huge club. Derby are a huge club. But maybe I will think in a different way when I move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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