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And Mauricio Pochettino can’t be ruled out either, having done well in England at Southampton and Tottenham in the past.

Speaking in December 2021, Lampard opened up on his brutal sacking from Chelsea and how it came about.

“We had beaten Luton Town in the FA Cup fourth round, and it was the next morning – I got a text from [chairman] Bruce Buck saying can you move training and come and meet us in the boardroom,” he said.

“You know that first message as well, you wake up and think ‘let’s have a flick through Instagram – I’m joking but once the club make that decision, there’s no nice way to do it.

“They said can you come and meet us in the boardroom, I knew straightaway there is no nice way of doing that, there may be different ways of etiquette but at the end of the day results are the same.”