Coventry City chairman dismisses reports linking Lampard with Chelsea return

Coventry City chairman Doug King is unconcerned by the prospect that Frank Lampard, the manager who led the club back to the Premier League after 25 years, could leave in the final season, with reports linking the coach with a return to Chelsea.

Lampard spent 13 years as a player at Chelsea and was appointed coach of the club twice, including a brief spell as caretaker manager in 2023.

The former England midfielder, who won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups and one Champions League title with Chelsea during his playing career, led the club to the FA Cup final as manager in 2020.

King said Lampard was in a “happy place” after winning his first trophy as a manager as Coventry secured the Championship title this week.

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“You can see how emotionally connected (Lampard) is to the city, you can see what it meant to him to get promoted, and then the title and I think he has found a happy place at the moment,” King told the newspaper. BBC in an interview published Thursday.

«It doesn’t mean that there won’t be a mind-boggling offer for him this summer and he will have to make his choices because he has shown his qualities as a high-quality head coach. But I’m not going to comment on that, I have no control over it. I just think he’s happy, I’m happy, everyone is happy, we just have a smile on our face and we’re not worried about what might happen.» “Or maybe it won’t happen for the head coach,” he added.

Lampard’s contract with Coventry runs until June 2027.

Chelsea sacked manager Liam Rosenior on Wednesday after a five-match Premier League losing streak in which the eighth-placed club failed to score a single goal.

Manager Andoni Iraola, who will leave Bournemouth this summer, has also been linked to Chelsea in British media.

The London club heads to Wembley on Sunday to face Leeds United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Published on April 23, 2026