UPDATE from Stamford Bridge | What's expected of Lampard as interim manager?

Basically, to bring them some time and give them some time to carry out this thorough and exhaustive process for a permanent manager, Frank Lampard will be very much an interim to replace Bruno Salter, who indeed was an interim to replace the outgoing Graham Potter, who was appointed back in September. So it's a turbulent time at Chelsea. If Frank Lampard is in the dugout at Wolves and that's the expectation at the moment, that's what they're pushing for, then he will be the third Chelsea manager in a dugout in the space of a week. Graham Potter overseeing that Aston Villa game, then Bruno Salter for the Liverpool game, a game Frank Lampard took in himself, sitting in Todd Bowley's box. And what this will do for Chelsea is, the idea behind it is, not only is it a familiar face coming back, someone who knows the club inside out, just to bring that stability, especially with the Champions League in mind, especially with that Real Madrid doubleheader coming up. But also to give them time to continue talks with the other candidates. Just how do you think this appointment will be viewed by Chelsea fans? I think if you gave Chelsea fans a choice between Bruno Salter and Frank Lampard, with all due respect to Bruno Salter, it would be Lampard for what he achieved here as a player. He is still the club's all-time record goalscorer. And he did have that managerial spell. It didn't end well for him. Of course, he left Stamford Bridge to be replaced by Thomas Tuchel, who went on to win the Champions League. And really, Thomas Tuchel has been the most popular recent Chelsea manager. But Frank Lampard certainly, as someone who knows the club inside out, will try and lift this group of players, try and get the togetherness back that's required to bring some results and consistency and momentum. Of course, with Frank Lampard towards the end at Everton, it didn't work out for him either. As clubs at the bottom of the table were beginning to change managers in the fear of getting relegated from the Premier League, he was one of those casualties. It didn't really happen for him at Everton towards the end. But it is a better fit here at Chelsea, if you like, in the sense that he knows a lot of these players. You think back to his first spell in charge, when he had to oversee that transfer ban, and really did a terrific job in that first season of not having any money to spend, but bringing through a lot of the younger players. So again, that will be interesting to see the impact on the likes of Mason Mount, who is in the middle of contract negotiations with Chelsea. Other young players such as Rhys, James, and then some of the other signings. Remember, Lampard was in charge when the likes of Hakim Ziyech and Kai Havertz and Edward Mendy came into the club. So again, he knows many of these players. And he is the one that they're hoping will just galvanise things and stabilise things until the end of the season. Yeah, there's a fair bit of football for them to play before the end of the season. 11th in the Premier League, still in the Champions League though. What are the expectations looking like? What's he going into in terms of what he's got to achieve if he is in there short term? Well, Chelsea will clearly be hoping for some sort of impact. Some sort of, I guess you could call it the Roberto Di Matteo factor, when Roberto Di Matteo came in as an interim manager replacing Andre Villas-Boas. Against all the odds, he won the Champions League. If you think back to 2012 and so much went against Chelsea in that campaign. Yet, there they were. It's that type of competition, isn't it, that anything can happen. They'll clearly be hoping that similar things can happen. Chelsea, quite clearly, have had a poor league season by their standards. They're in the bottom half of the table. They dropped below Aston Villa after that defeat at the weekend. So, there will be maybe an expectation to lift the club up the league positions as well and try and qualify for Europe. But certainly, it's that Real Madrid doubleheader that will come into sharp focus next week. Frank Lampard will have only this Wolves game. Then it's straight into that game against Real Madrid. So, they'll be clearly hoping for that kind of impact. They can win the Champions League and repeat what Roberto Di Matteo did. But they're under no illusions. It is a tough pathway to the final, isn't it? If they do get past Real Madrid, they've then got Bayern Munich or Manchester City in the semi-finals. Fairly remarkable, wouldn't it, if it was to take short-term championship and win the Champions League but it being a short-term appointment. With that in mind, what is the latest on their pursuit for a long-term successor to Graeme Potter? Because there are a lot of names being circulated. I think that is the key. It is a short-term appointment. I guess you wouldn't see Frank Lampard taking this job if it was any other club. It's the fact that it is Chelsea and he's coming to help out Chelsea. His club, if you like. The reason he knows he is a short-term appointment. With that in mind, Chelsea are continuing this thorough and exhaustive process to find a new manager. They have spoken to Julian Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique. They plan to speak to other candidates as well, including Maurizio Pochettino. This is very much an ongoing process. They want Chelsea to be able to take their time over this. They want to avoid the mistakes that were made in the previous process. Or the perceived mistakes. When you remember, Todd Bowley was in acting control and he took a hands-on approach to that. He wants his football appointments to take their time and get this appointment right. Certainly Nagelsmann and Luis Enrique are the stand-out candidates so far. They are going to speak to others as well and hope to find the right appointment.