Coventry are 17th in the Championship standings after 17 games and are winless of their final four matches.
Reuters
28 November, 2024, 06:05 pm
Last modified: 28 November, 2024, 06:09 pm
Mature Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard has been appointed supervisor of Coventry City on a two-and-a-half-365 days contract, the second-tier Championship membership mentioned on Thursday.
Lampard replaces Assign Robins, who used to be sacked earlier this month.
Coventry are 17th in the Championship standings after 17 games and are winless of their final four matches.
“I am gay that Frank Lampard has agreed to be half of our membership as head coach. Frank in the low cost of his enamel in the Championship and knows what is wanted in this league to realize success,” membership owner Doug King mentioned in an announcement.
As a participant, Lampard scored 211 targets for Chelsea in all competitions all the scheme thru a trophy-laden 13 years. He has previously managed Chelsea and Everton in the Premier League, to boot as Derby County in the Championship.
His final job in management noticed him return to Stamford Bridge for a short stint as Chelsea’s caretaker supervisor in the 2022-23 season.
Lampard will take payment of Coventry for the first time this Saturday against Cardiff City on the Coventry Constructing Society Enviornment.
The 46-365 days-worn has noteworthy shoes to dangle in replacing the noteworthy-cherished Robins, who led Coventry from League Two to the Championship and used to be the English Football League’s longest-serving supervisor with seven years’ provider when he used to be fired.
Robins took Coventry to the Championship playoff final in 2023 and the FA Cup semi-finals final 365 days, after they had been overwhelmed by Manchester United.
