{"id":699,"date":"2026-04-25T11:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=699"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:24:19","slug":"frank-lampard-on-chelsea-manager-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=699","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard on Chelsea manager links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Frank Lampard and John Terry celebrate for Chelsea in 2014 (Photo by Mike Hewitt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has admitted that the Blues remain a big part of his life but distanced himself from leaving his current job as Coventry City manager.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lampard has just guided Coventry to promotion to the Premier League, so one imagines he\u2019ll be keen to remain in the job and continue the fine work he\u2019s done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, however, there is now a vacancy at Chelsea after this week\u2019s sacking of Liam Rosenior, so it could be that Lampard will be one of the names in the frame.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard has previously had a spell as Chelsea manager and also returned for a brief second spell as caretaker manager, but he seems to have improved a lot since taking over at Coventry.<\/p>\n<h2>Frank Lampard on Chelsea manager links<\/h2>\n<p>While Lampard didn\u2019t completely rule out returning to Stamford Bridge, it seems like he remains committed to Coventry for the time being, as per his quotes on Fabrizio Romano\u2019s X page\u2026<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">?? Frank Lampard on Chelsea job: \u201cChelsea is a big part of my life and at the moment that\u2019s their business and my business is here\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to think Coventry fans would just be enjoying where we are, the world of management, lots are out of control, you just control your\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQQ4l7KNFX\">pic.twitter.com\/dQQ4l7KNFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2047701706843005198?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cChelsea is a big part of my life and at the moment that\u2019s their business and my business is here,\u201d Lampard said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019d like to think Coventry fans would just be enjoying where we are, the world of management, lots are out of control, you just control your work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a <\/i><\/b><b><i><span draggable=\"true\">preferred source on Google<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i>  to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAt the minute I think we should just enjoy where we are, we\u2019ve had an amazing season and I am really proud and pleased to be part of it, I enjoy what I\u2019m doing here, I can\u2019t control who worries or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Who should be next Chelsea manager?<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea really need to get their next managerial appointment right after a difficult few years under this current ownership.<\/p>\n<p>CFC parted ways with Rosenior this week, but he\u2019d only been in the job for three months after Enzo Maresca also left earlier this season.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div 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