Former Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford is training with Coventry City, hooking up with his former Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard.
CoventryLive understands, however, that contrary to reports suggesting the Sky Blues’ boss is looking to strengthen his attacking options with the 32-year-old free agent, the arrangement is merely a case of Lampard doing the player a favour while he looks for another club.
Bamford, who scored 17 goals in the Premier League in 2020/21 during his time at Elland Road, having bagged 16 the season before to help get Leeds promoted out of the Championship, has been without a club after leaving the Whites in the summer.
Bamford was previously reported to have been in talks with Spanish LaLiga side Getafe ahead of a potential move to the club based on the outskirts of Madrid, but that didn't go through and the front man is on the hunt for a new club.
Bamford and Lampard were briefly teammates at Stamford Bridge after the striker joined Chelsea as a youngster in 2012. Lampard stuck around for two more seasons, while Bamford was sent on various loan spells, before leaving the club permanently in 2017.
Last season Lampard took Jamie Paterson in at Ryton where the Coventry-born forward trained with the club before earning a short-term contract in the New Year, but it’s understood there are no plans to do the same at this stage, and that it’s simply a case of Lampard helping Bamford out as he strives to stay fit ahead of his next move.
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