After an intervention by Roman Abramovich, Frank Lampard has agreed to become Chelsea manager, reports the Sunday Times. Lampard insisted that he should be allowed at least two seasons at the Bridge and Abramovich rang Lampard to give him his personal assurance that he would be given at least two transfer windows. With the club currently serving a two window transfer ban, that would set Lampard up for the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. Duncan Castles comments, 'The owner's intervention is particularly significant because his interest in the club was thought to be waning. The Russian put plans for a £1bn-plus stadium rebuild "on hold" last year after losing his entrepreneurial visa and took up residency in Israel. He was not seen at home games in 2018/19 and has stopped making payments of more than £1m a season for hospitality boxes at Stamford Bridge.' Lampard has nurtured a long-term ambition to manage Chelsea, but he did not expect it to come so soon. He s...