Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has been appointed supervisor of Coventry Metropolis on a two-and-a-half-year contract, the second-tier Championship membership stated on Thursday.
Lampard replaces Mark Robins, who was sacked earlier this month. Coventry are seventeenth within the Championship standings after 17 video games and are winless of their final 4 matches.
“I’m delighted that Frank Lampard has agreed to hitch our membership as head coach. Frank minimize his enamel within the Championship and is aware of what is required on this league to achieve success,” membership proprietor Doug King stated in an announcement.
As a participant, Lampard scored 211 targets for Chelsea in all competitions throughout a trophy-laden 13 years.
He has beforehand managed Chelsea and Everton within the Premier League, in addition to Derby County within the Championship.
His final job in administration noticed him return to Stamford Bridge for a brief stint as Chelsea’s caretaker supervisor within the 2022-23 season.
Lampard will take cost of Coventry for the primary time this Saturday in opposition to Cardiff Metropolis on the Coventry Constructing Society Area.
The 46-year-old has massive footwear to fill in changing the much-loved Robins, who led Coventry from League Two to the Championship and was the English Soccer League’s longest-serving supervisor with seven years’ service when he was fired.
Robins took Coventry to the Championship playoff last in 2023 and the FA Cup semi-finals final yr, once they have been crushed by Manchester United.
