Frank Lampard insists that his torrid has made him a “better” manager ahead of his second spell in the dugout for Chelsea.

Lampard, who scored the most goals for Chelsea, was the manager of the Stamford Bridge club from July 2019 to January 2021, when Thomas Tuchel took over.

Graham Potter was fired on Sunday, and the club is currently in the bottom half of the Premier League. The 44-year-old came back to Stamford Bridge as a temporary manager until the end of the season.

Lampard lost his job as manager of struggling Everton in January, a year after keeping them from going down, but he said he had learned a lot in that time.

“I’ve definitely changed (since the first spell at Chelsea),” he said ahead of the team’s match at Wolves on Saturday.

“I took some things that I changed on to Everton.

“You ‘evolve’ is probably a better word. I’ve always been very, very open to listening, to looking, to learning and reflecting. I’m certainly not a person who sits here and says ‘I’ve got all the answers’.

“There are things I look back on, things where I think I’ve maybe improved. The results will always be in how I perform here and how I can affect the players now.”

Lampard gave hints that he might want to keep his job at Chelsea after the season is over.

As they look for a permanent replacement for Potter, the club is said to have talked with former Barcelona and Spain coach Luis Enrique and reached out to former Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann.

Lampard’s job is likely to be judged by how well Chelsea does in the Champions League. In the first leg of their quarterfinal next week, Chelsea plays European champions Real Madrid in Spain.

Lampard was an important part of the team that beat Bayern on penalties in the 2012 final in Munich, and he thinks that his long history with the club will help them win their third Champions League.

“Every job is a challenge,” he said. “I’m connected to the club, I understand that element of it.”