<p>Frank Lampard is set to be sacked as Chelsea manager, with former Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel in line to take over, reports said on Monday.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old is expected to leave Stamford Bridge with the club struggling in ninth place in the Premier League table, 11 points behind leaders Manchester United.</p>.<p>Chelsea have lost five of their past eight Premier League matches after a good start to the season.</p>.<p>A hat-trick from Tammy Abraham helped the Blues progress into the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Luton.</p>.<p>But that result looks unlikely to save Lampard's job, with owner Roman Abramovich apparently ready to make a change.</p>.<p>Chelsea's record goalscorer signed a three-year deal in 2019 and despite a transfer ban, led them to the FA Cup final and a fourth-place finish in his first managerial campaign at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p>Despite spending £220 million ($300 million) on new players including Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner it has failed to translate into improved results.</p>.<p>His points-per-game average of 1.67 is the fourth-lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League.</p>.<p>As a player Lampard got used to the fickleness of Abramovich towards his managers with nine appointed during his time there.</p>.<p>Tuchel only became available a month ago when he left PSG, less than five months after taking them to the Champions League final, which they lost to Bayern Munich.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old German won back-to-back league titles with PSG, but that was not enough to satisfy the club's ambitious owners, who replaced him with Mauricio Pochettino.</p>.<p>Prior to PSG, Tuchel impressed at Borussia Dortmund, having started his managerial career with Augsburg and then Mainz.</p>
<p>Frank Lampard is set to be sacked as Chelsea manager, with former Paris Saint-Germain boss Thomas Tuchel in line to take over, reports said on Monday.</p>.<p>The 42-year-old is expected to leave Stamford Bridge with the club struggling in ninth place in the Premier League table, 11 points behind leaders Manchester United.</p>.<p>Chelsea have lost five of their past eight Premier League matches after a good start to the season.</p>.<p>A hat-trick from Tammy Abraham helped the Blues progress into the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday with a 3-1 win over Luton.</p>.<p>But that result looks unlikely to save Lampard's job, with owner Roman Abramovich apparently ready to make a change.</p>.<p>Chelsea's record goalscorer signed a three-year deal in 2019 and despite a transfer ban, led them to the FA Cup final and a fourth-place finish in his first managerial campaign at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p>Despite spending £220 million ($300 million) on new players including Ben Chilwell, Kai Havertz and Timo Werner it has failed to translate into improved results.</p>.<p>His points-per-game average of 1.67 is the fourth-lowest of any permanent Chelsea manager in the Premier League.</p>.<p>As a player Lampard got used to the fickleness of Abramovich towards his managers with nine appointed during his time there.</p>.<p>Tuchel only became available a month ago when he left PSG, less than five months after taking them to the Champions League final, which they lost to Bayern Munich.</p>.<p>The 47-year-old German won back-to-back league titles with PSG, but that was not enough to satisfy the club's ambitious owners, who replaced him with Mauricio Pochettino.</p>.<p>Prior to PSG, Tuchel impressed at Borussia Dortmund, having started his managerial career with Augsburg and then Mainz.</p>