Chelsea legend Frank Lampard applies for Championship job | OneFootball

Former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard is officially in the running to become the next Coventry City manager.

Sky Blues owner Doug King confirmed that the 46-year-old was one of a “huge amount” of coaches who sent in an application for the vacant role after Mark Robins left the club last week.

Robins had been the longest-serving manager in the English Football League until last Thursday when he was dismissed after seven years in charge following a tough start to the campaign.

Coventry currently sit 17th in the Championship table with 16 points from the opening 15 games, just one point above the dropzone.

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard applies for Coventry City job

“We’ve received a huge amount of CVs from high-quality people, of which Frank is one,” King told Sky Sports.

“We’ve done nothing on that process … but clearly we’re in the international break, we’ll be assessing everything. We’ll work out who’s going to make the shortlist and we’ll go from there.”

Lampard, who has also been linked with the Roma job, has been out of work since a short spell in interim charge of Chelsea following the sacking of Graham Potter in 2023. He oversaw just one win out of 11 games.

The ex-England international was previously the permanent manager of the Blues for a season and a half between 2019 and 2021, during which time he led the club to Champions League qualification and the FA Cup final.

Lampard subsequently managed Everton and helped the club avoid relegation, but was sacked a year into the job after a run of one win in 12 Premier League matches.

Lampard began his managerial career with Derby County, who he led to the Championship play-off final in 2019, which the Rams lost to Aston Villa.

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