Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has thrown his hat into the ring to grow to be Coventry Metropolis’s subsequent everlasting supervisor, the Championship membership have confirmed.
Lampard hasn’t held a full-time managerial position in nearly two years, having been sacked by Everton in January 2023. His most up-to-date job was as Chelsea interim boss for just a few weeks in April and Might of the identical 12 months, whereas his earlier Chelsea stint had ended with the sack in January 2021.
However the 46-year-old is seemingly eager to get again into soccer, spying a chance when Coventry minimize ties with long-serving boss Mark Robins earlier this month.
Lampard was rapidly linked with the job and Coventry proprietor Doug King has now confirmed that his software is certainly among the many many who have arrived on the membership’s doorstep.
“We have obtained an enormous quantity of CVs from prime quality folks, of which Frank is one,” King revealed to Sky Sports activities.
“We have executed nothing on that course of. Clearly, we’re within the worldwide break. We’ll be assessing every little thing. We’ll work out who’s going to make the shortlist and we’ll go from there.”
Having retired from enjoying in the beginning of 2017 after a spell with New York Metropolis, Lampard started his managerial profession with Derby County the next 12 months.
He took a Rams aspect that includes ex-Chelsea and England teammate Ashley Cole, in addition to on-loan children Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori, to the 2019 Championship play-off ultimate. It led to defeat to Aston Villa, however Lampard was rapidly handed the chance to take over at Chelsea.
Coventry bought inside a penalty shootout of final season’s FA Cup ultimate, whereas play-off ultimate penalty heartbreak at Wembley additionally price them a long-awaited return to the Premier League in 2023. A poor begin to this season has seen the Sky Blues slip to 18th within the Championship, which was sufficient for Robins to lose his job after seven years and bringing the membership again from the depths of League Two.
