Chelsea ‘are still paying Frank Lampard’s £75,000-a-week wages’

Chelsea ‘are still paying Frank Lampard’s £75,000-a-week wages and axed boss would have to give up salary to take up new job before the end of the season’

  • Frank Lampard is still being paid by Chelsea despite the club having sacked him
  • The Blues legend is due a sizeable £1.8million from the club up until July
  • But the payments will stop should Lampard find another job before then 

Frank Lampard is still being paid by his former club Chelsea despite being sacked in January.

In a move to mitigate the huge compensation the Blues have had to pay previous axed managers, Lampard has been kept on the payroll in west London and is due a whopping £1.8million, according to The Sun

That figure accounts for Lampard’s £75,000-a-week salary that he drew as Chelsea manager, which he will be paid until July. 

Frank Lampard is still being paid by Chelsea despite the club sacking him in January this year

Lampard is reportedly due a whopping £1.8million from Chelsea who will pay him until July

But the payments would stop should Lampard find another managerial job before then, giving the Chelsea legend ample incentive to take his time.

The 42-year-old was recently linked closely with the Bournemouth job, and his decision to rule himself out of taking it was related to the significant financial hit he would have taken by doing so. 

Thus it would likely take a club offering a significant pay package to ensure Lampard is not out of pocket for him to take a new job before the summer.

Since taking over from Lampard as Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel is unbeaten in five games

Since taking over from Lampard as Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel is unbeaten in five games

Lampard is also said to be enjoying time away from football management, after three intense seasons with Derby and Chelsea. 

He was replaced at Chelsea by former PSG boss Thomas Tuchel, who has so far overseen a resurgence in the Blues fortunes.

Tuchel is unbeaten in the five games since he took charge, winning four of them and currently sitting fifth in the Premier League.