Another day on the Premier League managerial merry-go-round

Frank Lampard is not the first high-profile boss to face pressure after bad results, writes Ben Burrows

Lampard is feeling the heat at Chelsea (AFP)

A managerial sacking in football has many stages. It’s not merely the actual mechanism of doing the deed, the phone call or Zoom meeting where the trigger is pulled.

No, the last moments of a manager’s job at the very top level are layered and often drawn out for a lot longer than you would ever expect.

This is what Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is currently going through.