Coventry owner Doug King remains hopeful Frank Lampard will lead the club into their first Premier League season in 25 years as speculation continues to link him with a return to Chelsea.
The former England international has guided the Sky Blues to the Championship title in his first full season in charge but is among the names being spoken about as possible candidates to take the Stamford Bridge job.
Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior last week, three months into a six-and-a-half-year contract, and are looking for their fifth permanent appointment since owners BlueCo took control four years ago.
Lampard, who scored 211 Blues goals across 13 seasons making him the club’s all-time top scorer, has managed the club twice previously, first between 2019 and 2021 then again as caretaker in 2023.
Following an unsuccessful spell in charge of Everton, he was appointed by Coventry in November 2024 and this season secured promotion back to the top flight for the first time since the club were relegated in 2001.
“Of course (I want to keep him),” King told The Football Boardroom Podcast. “Frank knows how I think of him.
“He is a very skilled operator, and he has taken and developed our team to the Championship title with no parachute payments.
“Everybody wants what they want, and I will look at the situation, and I hope he will be with us into the next adventure that we have taken in the Premier League, because I think he enjoys working in that environment.
“I think he has done a great job and I am sure as we move forward we will have conversations about the situation.”
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