Have we just started our own Lampard to Newcastle rumour? Where the **** has that come from?
I'd be stunned if Lampard would go to Newcastle if the job was offered to him and I'd be stunned if Newcastle would offer him the job. I don't think Ashley is very keen to sack and pay off Bruce while Newcastle are still 7 points clear of the relegation zone and if and when he does, he's going to want a steady yes man that will just about keep Newcastle in the League on a shoestring budget.
As for Lampard, it's very difficult to see where he goes from here. He had possibly the strongest squad in the Championship at Derby and finished 6th, 20 points off the top and was extremely fortunate to walk into the Chelsea job. Because of Chelsea's transfer ban everybody was falling over themselves to make excuses for him last season but when you look at the value of the squad he took into the season it was no less than the one he inherited. In Tomori, Abraham and Mount Chelsea were adding £60m+ worth of players to their squad, on top of the £50m signing of Pulisic. Despite that, he finished one place lower in the League with less points and didn't win a trophy (that Sarri did) either. At best you can say he done ok last season. This season he's spent an absolute fortune and quite frankly, has looked completely out of his depth. Results have been poor and he's been scrambling around trying to find a system that works.
Who is appointing a manager that has had all the resources in the world thrown at him in two jobs and has failed both times?