Frank Lampard will need to break England curse in order to achieve Coventry target

Frank Lampard is backmost successful absorption having taken the Coventry City occupation but ex-England players person not enjoyed overmuch occurrence erstwhile it comes to landing promotion to the Premier League

Former England players and landing promotion to the Premier League is not a premix that's proved palmy arsenic Frank Lampard takes a 2nd wound astatine it.

The ex-Everton and Chelsea brag was 90 minutes distant erstwhile helium took his archetypal managerial gig astatine Derby, but yet mislaid retired erstwhile the Rams were beaten by Aston Villa astatine Wembley successful 2019. The England icon is among a raft of Three Lions stars presently plying their commercialized successful the 2nd tier.

Lampard has conscionable been announced arsenic Mark Robins' replacement astatine Coventry and volition look to steer the Sky Blues wide of information with a promotion tilt his semipermanent objective.

English managers haven't fared good successful the Championship successful caller years though. Not since 2016 has an Englishman won the title, that being Sean Dyche with Burnley. And erstwhile it comes to erstwhile England players earning promotion, Scott Parker is retired connected his own.

The ex-Tottenham antheral landed 18 caps for his state and has guided Fulham and Bournemouth to the apical flight. Fulham via the play-offs and the Cherries automatically.

Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick and Tom Cleverley are men with England caps to their sanction who are presently eyeing the promised onshore with their respective clubs. Cleverley's Watford presently beryllium fifth, 2 points up of Carrick and Middlesbrough. Rooney meantime is looking the different mode down the table.

Carrick performed impressively erstwhile helium arrived astatine the Riverside Stadium. He guided Middlesbrough to the play-offs successful his archetypal play successful charge, but that's arsenic adjacent arsenic he's got. For present helium remains successful the "tried and failed" column.

Another ex-Boro brag with England honours is Gareth Southgate. The erstwhile Three Lions manager has accepted that the communicative astir him arsenic a nine manager is that helium got Middlesbrough relegated. He didn't get overmuch accidental to enactment that close arsenic helium was sacked successful October 2009 contempt being 1 constituent disconnected apical spot.

Dennis Wise and Paul Ince, 2 men who played for England successful the aboriginal 2000s, did small to equine immoderate promotion charge. Wise was player-manager astatine Millwall and took them to an FA Cup final, but did small by mode of threatening the Premier League.

Ince meantime failed to get the desired results astatine Blackpool and Reading, coaching his lad connected some occasions. Whilst helium has a League Two promotion connected his CV with MK Dons, helium couldn't person that precocious up the shot league pyramid and was successful complaint for overmuch of the play that saw Reading relegated to League One.

It means that Parker stands unsocial arsenic the lone antheral to play for England this period and besides unafraid promotion for a Championship outfit. Coventry and present backing Lampard to articulation him.

They said upon his appointment: "Frank chopped his teeth successful the Championship and knows what is needed successful this league to beryllium successful. His experiences thereafter astatine Chelsea and Everton volition guarantee helium brings to our talented squad wide knowing of precisely what is needed to win astatine the precise apical level that we arsenic a nine are striving to reach.”

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