Frank Lampard delighted to be appointed manager of Coventry City

English Championship side Coventry City has appointed Frank Lampard as the new manager after sacking Mark Robins due to poor performances.

Coventry City sits 17th in the 24-team league table, having won just 17 points. The club board decided to end their 7-year marriage with the former Manchester United player, Mark Robins.

Frank Lampard, 46, was chosen because of his experience in the Championship. The former English midfielder managed Derby County in the 2018-2019 season, taking them to the playoffs of the competition, where he lost to Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United.

Speaking when he arrived at Coventry City, the former box-to-box midfielder expressed his excitement for the opportunity.

“I’m delighted to be here, a club that I’ve got huge respect for in terms of its history and tradition,” Lampard told Coventry’s in-house media.

“I grew up in eras where Coventry has been very successful. To be given the role of head coach is a huge deal for me, to come in and try and help with the good work and foundations I think have already been laid at the club.

“It’s an ambitious club that wants to move forward and I want to help as much as I can. I want to bring an exciting attacking team for [fans] to see, a possession-based team that also wants to attack quickly at times. But of course, we want to be an aggressive team as well that wants to win the ball high up the pitch. There are some things that we will want to move forward with and [some] that will maybe change, and understanding that in that process, we will have to get a lot of work in to get the results we want. But I’m certainly very ready to put that work in and pass the message to the players, and hopefully, that will show through on the pitch.”

Frank Lampard has a huge task to bring the club back to the top table because they lack confidence and have failed to replicate last season’s performance which saw them nearly eliminate Manchester United in the semi-finals of the English FA Cup.