FRANK LAMPARD is reportedly in superior talks with Coventry Metropolis after the Sky Blues opted for him over Ruud van Nistelrooy.
The Championship membership sacked fan favorite Mark Robins earlier this month after profitable simply 4 of their first 15 matches this season.
A 2-2 draw at league leaders Sunderland proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s again.
And Robins was proven the door after overseeing 387 video games in seven-and-a-half years, releasing up a coveted dugout place.
Manchester United icon Van Nistelrooy was one of many first to throw his hat into the ring after taking interim cost of his former membership.
The Dutchman oversaw three wins from 4 matches within the wake of Erik ten Hag’s sacking.
And Van Nistelrooy was keen to stay in English soccer after being let go by new United boss Ruben Amorim.
However Sky Germany claims he has missed out on the Coventry job to former Derby and Everton boss Lampard.
The Chelsea legend, who has twice managed his former aspect, has now emerged because the favorite to interchange Robins.
Lampard is believed to have impressed the Coventry hierarchy after beforehand main Derby to the Championship play-off ultimate.
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And a deal is shut after negotiations entered superior levels.
Ought to he get the job, Lampard might be hoping his time with the Sky Blues goes higher than his final interim function at Stamford Bridge.
Filling in for Graham Potter till the top of the 2022/23 marketing campaign, Lampard mustered only one single win from 11 matches with a misfit Chelsea aspect.
He has since been working as a pundit and admitted final month he would like to handle England sooner or later.
Lampard stated: As an English participant who performed 100-plus instances, and an English one who’s very proud – after all, the England arrange is one thing… I by no means dreamed of taking part in as many instances for England, not to mention now as a coach.
“So, now as a coach, I believe I might be loopy to form of say, ‘Oh no, that might by no means curiosity me’.
“It must be one thing that they’d need me to do, and must be one thing that I need to do and thought I may add worth to it in any manner.”