Frank Lampard has been appointed as the brand new head coach of Coventry Metropolis.
The 46-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract, and can be joined by coaches Joe Edwards and Chris Jones, who he has labored with beforehand.
Coventry Metropolis proprietor and government chairman Doug King mentioned: “I am delighted that Frank Lampard has agreed to join our club as head coach. Frank cut his teeth in the Championship and knows what is needed in this league to be successful.
“His experiences thereafter at Chelsea and Everton will guarantee he brings to our proficient squad clear understanding of precisely what is required to succeed on the very prime degree that we as a membership are striving to achieve.”
The Sky Blues parted methods with Mark Robins after seven years in cost.
Lampard has been out of labor since leaving Chelsea for a second time after taking cost on an interim foundation following Graham Potter’s sacking in 2023.
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Talking earlier than the appointment, Sky Sports activities’ Alan Smith discusses Frank Lampard’s transfer to Coventry Metropolis
Final likelihood for Lampard? Coventry might be his ultimate roll of the cube
Coventry Metropolis could nicely present Frank Lampard with a final likelihood in administration in England. He merely must be successful, particularly after the stature of Mark Robins among the many fan base and the expectations of the homeowners, writes Sky Sports activities’ EFL editor Simeon Gholam.
“When Coventry City got rid of Mark Robins – one of the greatest managers in their history – not many would have predicted Frank Lampard to be next in the door at the CBS Arena.
“Frankly – excuse the pun – it did not appear probably that Lampard could be getting one other likelihood on this nation for some time.
“His managerial career started reasonably well enough at Championship level with Derby, where a team built around loanees Fikayo Tomori, Mason Mount and Harry Wilson eventually missed out on promotion in the play-off final to Aston Villa.
“A formidable first season at Chelsea, the place he took a younger crew to fourth after dropping Eden Hazard and being beneath switch embargo, shortly unravelled the next 12 months.
“The 46-year-old has been out of management now for 18 months. Considering the plethora of opportunities elsewhere for a legend of the game, you wouldn’t have blamed him for deciding it wasn’t worth it.
“Clearly, nevertheless, Lampard has different concepts. He’s decided to succeed.”
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Sky Sports activities’ Peter Smith appears at Frank Lampard’s managerial report
Robins sacking ‘disagreeable’
Robins was the third longest-serving supervisor in English soccer earlier than his sacking by Coventry after the 2-1 residence defeat by Derby County.
Robins joined the membership in 2017 and took them from League Two to the Championship – and one sport away from the Premier League in 2023 the place they have been crushed 1-0 by Luton within the second-tier play-off ultimate.
Of the choice to sack Robins, King mentioned: “I didn’t get much sleep that night at all.
“I used to be speaking it by means of in my thoughts as as to if it was the suitable second and was I proper to do it, however frankly, I knew it was the suitable factor to do.
“I did slightly want to give this club a jolt and say we are going to change some directions. We can’t just say it is all going to get better in the end and we’ll go up the league and be around the play-offs unless we take control of it and we make it happen.
Frank Lampard has managed in additional Champions League video games than another energetic English coach
“Obviously, it’s taken everyone at the club and outside by surprise. The reaction has been a little more than I anticipated.
“Honesty, it was disagreeable for me to try this as a result of I actually like Mark. I do know what he has executed right here and the respect he has right here, and I actually want I hadn’t been in that place.”
Coventry began life with out Robins as interim boss Carr led them to a 2-2 draw at Championship leaders Sunderland on Saturday.
