Coventry chairman shrugs off reports linking Frank Lampard with Chelsea return
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Coventry City manager Frank Lampard (right) celebrating promotion to the Premier League and winning the Championship with owner Doug King on April 21.
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- Coventry City chairman Doug King is unworried by reports linking Frank Lampard to Chelsea, stating Lampard is "happy" after winning the Championship title.
- Lampard secured his first managerial trophy leading Coventry to the Championship title, showing strong emotional connection to the club and city.
- Chelsea is seeking a new manager after sacking Liam Rosenior. Lampard's contract runs until 2027, but King acknowledges choices if a "staggering bid" emerges.
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LONDON - Coventry City chairman Doug King is unconcerned about the prospect that Frank Lampard, the manager who led the club back to the Premier League after 25 years, may leave in the close season, with reports linking the coach with a return to Chelsea.
Lampard spent 13 years at Chelsea as a player, and was twice appointed as the club’s coach, including a short stint as caretaker manager in 2023.
The former England midfielder, who won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League title with Chelsea during his playing career, led the club to the FA Cup final as manager in 2020.
King said Lampard was in a “happy place” after winning his first trophy as a manager when Coventry secured the Championship title this week.
“You can see how emotionally connected (Lampard) is with the city, you can see what it meant to him to get promotion and then the title and I think he’s found a happy place at the moment,” King told the BBC, in an interview published on April 23.
“It doesn’t mean there’s not going to be some staggering bid for him in the summer and he’ll have to make his choices, because he’s shown his credentials as a high-quality head coach, but I’m not going to comment on that, I can’t control it.
“I just think he’s happy, I’m happy, everybody’s happy, we’ve just got smiles on our faces and we don’t worry about what may or may not happen for the head coach.”
Lampard’s contract with Coventry runs until June 2027.
Chelsea sacked manager Liam Rosenior on April 22 amid a five-match Premier League losing streak in which the eighth-placed club failed to score a single goal.
Manager Andoni Iraola, who will leave Bournemouth in the summer, has also been linked with Chelsea in British media reports.
The London-based club will head to Wembley on April 26 to take on Leeds United in the FA Cup semi-finals. REUTERS
