Coventry City are busy preparing for life back in the Premier League after they gloriously returned to the top flight under the brilliance of Lampard
Leigh Curtis
09:05, 27 Jun 2026Updated 09:15, 27 Jun 2026
Frank Lampard, manager of Coventry City
Frank Lampard, manager of Coventry City(Image: Getty)
Frank Lampard is "really happy" at Coventry City, according to one of his former Chelsea team-mates - but is convinced he will be back competing for the Champions League in the future.
Jody Morris says Lampard has done a phenomenal job of leading the Sky Blues back to the top table of English football after gloriously lifting the title last season.
Inevitably, Lampard's success has seen him linked to jobs at Fulham and Crystal Palace this summer and that speculation will no doubt continue whenever jobs become available.
But Morris, who worked alongside Lampard during his time at Derby, says he's very content with life at the CBS Arena.
“ Coventry used to be a Premier League mainstay when I was growing up, and they’ve found it very difficult to get back there, despite having some really top managers," he told RealSisterSites.
“Mark Robins was very unlucky and did a great job there. It’s phenomenal for Frank.
“It’s the nature of football that he’s going to be linked with all these Premier League jobs, and I think he’ll definitely be back in the Champions League one day.
“Whether it’s next season or not is another question. I think Frank’s really happy at Coventry. Every time I’ve spoken to him, he loves it.
“He loves his group of players, and the fans have rightly taken to him massively. He has an outstanding relationship with the fans.
“I think he’s been the best manager anywhere across all English leagues since he joined Coventry, even not taking this season into account."
Coventry will need serious investment in the squad if they are to avoid an instant return to the Championship with the leap from the second tier to the top flight an enormous jump in quality.
Doug King will back Lampard in the market, but Morris maintains that breaking up the dressing-room spirit that currently exists also poses a risk.
He added: “The difficulty then becomes whether Coventry can give Frank the tools and opportunity to try and stay up in the Premier League.
“But again, it’s one of those great problems you face when you manage to get a promotion out of such a difficult league. It’s amazing for Frank and his staff to have got them over the line.
“He’s rightly being linked with all these big jobs, whether he goes anywhere is another question.
“They obviously need to add some Premier League experience, but it’s a fine line and a hard balance to strike.
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“You want to add quality with Premier League experience. He loves the group's character and togetherness, and how well they play for each other.
“That’s something you don’t want to break up. You don’t want to make too many changes that take away those influential voices in the dressing room that are the glue keeping the group together.
“Adding too many players can upset the rhythm and the cohesiveness of the group.
“It’s about finding that fine balance of adding quality and maybe experience, without separating the group’s mentality and togetherness.”
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