The quickest way up football's managerial ladder is now via the TV pundit's chair.
Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard ran 16,000km and more for club and country. They took their coaching badges. And they put on smart suits to stay in the public eye and to impress club owners who, every season without fail, have a summer cull of team managers.
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