Coventry City chairman Doug King has stated he is not worried about manager Frank Lampard potentially leaving for Chelsea despite recent reports linking him with a return to his former club after leading Coventry to Championship victory and Premier League promotion.
Soccer Football - Championship - Coventry City v Portsmouth - Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, Britain - April 21, 2026 Coventry City manager Frank Lampard celebrates promotion to the Premier League and winning the Championship with owner Doug King Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers April 23 - Coventry City chairman Doug King is unconcerned about the prospect that Frank Lampard , the manager who led the club back to the Premier League after 25 years, may leave in the close season, with reports linking the coach with a return to Chelsea .
Lampard spent 13 years at Chelsea as a player, and was twice appointed as the club's coach, including a short stint 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 when Coventry secured the Championship title this week.
"You can see how emotionally connected is with the city, you can see what it meant to him to get promotion and then the title and I think he's found a happy place at the moment," King told the BBC in an interview published on Thursday. "It doesn't mean there's not going to be some staggering bid for him in the summer and he'll have to make his choices, because he's shown his credentials as a high-quality head coach, but I'm not going to comment on that, I can't control it.
"I just think he's happy, I'm happy, everybody's happy, we've just got smiles on our faces and we don't worry about what may or may not happen for the head coach. "Chelsea sacked manager Liam Rosenior on Wednesday amid 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 in the summer, has also been linked with Chelsea in British media reports.
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