Why Chelsea did not announce Lampard as new manager on Wednesday

Why Chelsea did not announce Lampard as new manager on Wednesday

Chelsea were ready to finally confirm Frank Lampard as their new manager on Wednesday, but delayed the announcement over a social media blackout, the UK Mirror reports.

Lampard was spotted at Stamford Bridge earlier in the day, to take pictures and record videos for unveiling, after agreeing a three-year contract worth £4million-a-year.

But it seems the club have opted to delay the official confirmation, because popular social media websites Facebook and Instagram crashed on Wednesday afternoon.

Both Facebook and Instagram - as well as another Facebook-owned company, WhatsApp - were experiencing problems with loading pictures and videos.

The Blues have 17.4million followers on Instagram and a whopping 48million fans on Facebook and it is understood they held off on the announcement until the bugs are fixed.

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