After a difficult interim spell at Chelsea in 2023 where he lost eight of his 11 matches in charge, Lampard appears to have rediscovered the touch that saw him initially succeed at Derby County. King believes the 46-year-old is now enjoying his football more than at any point since his transition into the dugout, having fully embraced the project at Coventry.
"You can see how emotionally connected [Lampard] 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 explained. "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."