Frank Lampard is now the odds on favourite to become the next manager of Coventry City - with the former Derby and Chelsea boss holding advanced talks with the club this week. Bookmakers have him as the clear frontrunner for the role with SkyBet listing him at 1/4 to be named as the replacement for Mark Robins.

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard may well look to do some shopping at his former club should be get the vacant manager job at Coventry.The former Blues midfielder and manager is one of the leading

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Frank Lampard is expected to be among up to five candidates Coventry City will speak to about their vacant manager’s job.

Lampard presided over 11 games at the end of Chelsea’s wretched 2022/23 campaign and lost eight of them. Chelsea recorded one win and two draws in the other three games and finished 12th – their second lowest finish since the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

Former England international Lampard is now believed to be in advanced talks to take the reins at the Coventry Building Society Arena.

Chelsea legend Frank Lampard is being hotly tipped for the Coventry City job as he looks for a return to management, and it could see the Blues active in the January transfer window.

The latest Chelsea news as the former Blues player and manager looks set to return to football for the first time since his exit from Stamford Bridge last summer.