Chelsea have announced the appointment of Frank Lampard as their new head coach on a three-year contract.
The 41-year-old former Blues midfielder is the club’s record goalscorer and won three Premier League titles as well as the Champions League during his time at Stamford Bridge.
Here, PA remembers five other key players who went on to manage their former clubs.
Sir Kenny Dalglish
Kevin Keegan
Alan Shearer
Glenn Hoddle
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The new first-team manager of Manchester United: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. #OlesAtTheWheel ✊ #MUFC pic.twitter.com/8PrTA1Wn8C
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 28, 2019
Norwegian Solskjaer had been a hugely popular player at Manchester United, the ‘baby-faced assassin’ earning a place in fans’ hearts after coming off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final. Initially appointed to replace Jose Mourinho as caretaker manager in December 2018, Solskjaer opened up with eight straight wins in all competitions. The calls for him to get the job permanently grew after United knocked Paris St Germain out of the Champions League and at the end of March 2019, he was handed a three-year contract. United, though, failed to get past Barcelona and finished sixth in the Premier league.
