Ex-pro and pundit Gabriel Agbonlahor has stated that Everton boss Frank Lampard is ‘under pressure’.
Speaking with Football Insider, Agbonlahor discussed the possibility of Lampard taking on the England job. He claims the Toffees manager would ‘run a mile’ to land the opportunity of managing the Three Lions.
Current England boss Gareth Southgate is still yet to come to a decision on whether he wants to continue managing beyond the World Cup.
Alan Shearer has made it clear that he wants Southgate to remain in charge and manage England at the European Championship in 2024. The ex-Newcastle United man claims he has ‘unfinished business’.
Agbonlahor stated: “It all depends on how your club job is.
“If you offered Frank Lampard the England job, he’d snap your fingers off now because it won’t be long before he’s under pressure at Everton. They’ve got no money to spend and the squad’s quite poor.
“If he could escape that job for England now, he’d run a mile.”
TIF Thoughts on Agbonlahor’s comments…
We believe that there’s no immediate pressure on Lampard at Everton when it comes to the hierarchy at the club. A report from Football Insider had previously stated that the Toffees would stick with him after the World Cup.
However, that doesn’t mean there’s no pressure on the manager from the Everton fans.
The Toffees sit in 17th place, just one point clear of the bottom three on 14 points. With where Everton are at the moment, it would come as a real surprise if the FA were to offer Lampard the England job.
With Southgate not coming to a decision as of yet, there’s not really a need to speculate about who will become the next Three Lions boss.
For all we know, he could decide to stay and manage until his contract runs out at the end of 2024, but we doubt Lampard would be in the running at this moment in time.