Everton has sacked manager Frank Lampard after Saturday’s 2-0 defeat by West Ham.
The defeat left Everton 19th in the Premier League and without a win in 10 matches in all competitions.
Lampard leaves Goodison Park having won just 12 of his 44 games in charge of the club.
He had 23 losses in that time – leaving him with a win percentage of 27 percent.
A source close to the club said: “Frank knew that if he didn’t get a response from the players in the West Ham game it was all over. And he didn’t.
“That’s why afterward he said his goodbyes, privately, to members of his backroom team.
“It was very emotional because Frank is smart. He knew the stakes were high and had a fair idea about what was coming.
“He did his very best for the club and he’s devastated to have come up short.
“But despite that, he’s determined to come back and prove he is a top-class manager.”
Former Burnley boss Sean Dyche is the early bookies’ favourite for the role, but he is not among the board’s preferred candidates and has not been approached over the role.
Wayne Rooney, Duncan Ferguson, and Nuno Espirito Santo have also been linked with the job.
Some sources understand Marcelo Bielsa is Everton’s No 1 choice to take over.
Lampard joins an ever-growing list of managers who have been bestowed with the responsibility of taking Everton forward on Farhad Moshiri’s watch but have been cast aside, the chopping and changing causing havoc along the way.
Nobody has completed two full seasons in the hot seat since 2016.
