Frank Lampard has moved 1 measurement person to the vacant occupation astatine Coventry City aft holding precocious talks with the club.
The erstwhile England planetary is odds-on to win Mark Robins aft speaking to Sky Blues’ proprietor Doug King.
As revealed successful Mirror Sport past week , the 46-year-old was among the frontrunners and it appears that helium has lone cemented that position.
Rivals for the job, who included erstwhile Coventry City midfielder Lee Carsley and ex- Manchester United adjunct Ruud Van Nistelrooy are dropping retired of the picture.
The Football Association has confirmed that Carsley volition beryllium returning to his occupation with the Three Lions Under-21 broadside up of their defence of the rubric successful Slovakia adjacent year.
Chief enforcement Mark Bullingham revealed aft the five-goal triumph implicit Ireland that Carsley would beryllium taking up the reins, saying: “Lee volition present instrumentality to the Under-21s and volition proceed to play a captious relation supporting the seniors by processing England’s champion young players.”
Lampard has been retired of absorption since leaving Chelsea astatine the extremity of the 2023 run wherever helium won conscionable 1 retired of 11 games aft succeeding Graham Potter connected an interim basis.
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AFP via Getty Images)Coventry proprietor King refused to beryllium marque immoderate approaches to capable the presumption portion Robins was successful situ and has vowed to instrumentality his clip implicit the adjacent appointment.
He has insisted that the existent radical of players is acold amended than their league presumption of 17th suggests with the Sky Blues languishing conscionable 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.
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