Frank Lampard told to stay away from Coventry City after being given Wayne Rooney warning

Frank Lampard has been linked with succeeding Mark Robins arsenic Coventry City manager but Jamie Carragher believes helium could look the aforesaid issues arsenic Wayne Rooney astatine Birmingham City

Jamie Carragher has warned Frank Lampard to enactment distant from the Coventry City occupation arsenic helium risks making the aforesaid mistake arsenic Wayne Rooney.

The Sky Blues controversially sacked long-serving manager Mark Robins past week aft a disappointing commencement to the caller season. Robins, who was appointed Coventry manager for the 2nd clip successful 2017, successfully led the nine from League Two to the Championship and besides won the EFL Trophy during his clip successful charge.

The nine narrowly missed retired connected Premier League promotion successful the 2023 play-off final, losing to Luton Town connected penalties. A shootout besides denied the Sky Blues a celebrated triumph implicit Manchester and a spot successful the FA Cup last past season. Following the determination to sack Robins, who near Coventry 17th successful the array but six points disconnected the play-offs, attraction has turned to who volition regenerate the nine icon.

Former Chelsea brag Lampard has emerged arsenic an odds-on favourite for the job. However, his ex-England team-mate Carragher feels the choler surrounding the club’s determination to sack Robins means Lampard should debar the Coventry vacancy.

“I was talking to my lad astir this]. It reminds maine of erstwhile Wayne [Rooney] went to Birmingham.” Carragher said connected the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet. “When you spell successful arsenic a manager and everybody’s determination saying, ‘That manager should person ne'er mislaid his job’ and if radical are saying that astir Mark Robins, you’re connected the backmost ft consecutive away.

"It would be, ‘Mark Robins got america to the FA Cup semi-final past year’. I conscionable deliberation enactment retired of that one.”

Carragher compared the concern to Birmingham City replacing fashionable brag John Eustace, who had Blues successful the Championship play-off places, with Rooney astatine the commencement of past season. The Manchester United fable struggled, winning 2 of 15 league games, contributing to the club’s relegation to League One. However, Ian Wright argued that the Coventry occupation is highly tempting for Lampard if helium is determined to win arsenic a manager.

“You look astatine that calibre of subordinate [ Frank Lampard ] – that’s the unit for Frank [at Coventry City] aft Mark Robins, but helium wants to manage,” Wright told the Stick to Football podcast, sponsored by Sky Bet. “You person to extremity your chapeau disconnected to him.

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“They [Coventry] look similar they person a half-decent team, but of people you spot it and you deliberation to yourself, ‘Hopefully this 1 works retired for him’. If you privation to manage, past you take that job.”

Lampard has been retired of enactment since his little 2nd spell arsenic Chelsea brag successful 2023. The 46-year-old’s managerial highlights see taking Derby County to the Championship play-off last successful 2019, finishing 4th and reaching the FA Cup last successful his archetypal play arsenic Chelsea manager, and helping Everton debar relegation successful 2022.

Coventry drew 2-2 distant astatine table-topping Sunderland connected Saturday, coming backmost from 2 goals down astatine the Stadium of Light. Meanwhile, Rooney is steadily rebuilding his coaching estimation arsenic Plymouth Argyle manager this season, with the Devon broadside presently sat successful 18th.

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