Coventry City chairman speaks out on Frank Lampard to Chelsea talk after brutal sack

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Coventry City owner Doug King has said that Frank Lampard found a ‘happy place’ with the club after leading them to promotion. The Sky Blues manager has been linked with Premier League clubs over the last few weeks after his success in the Championship.

The latest link is a return to Chelsea , where the midfielder spent the majority of his glittering playing career and has been manager twice. The Blues announced the sacking of Liam Rosenior on Wednesday after just three months.

The decision came after Chelsea lost their fifth Premier League game in a row, 3-0 to Brighton on Tuesday night, leaving them in eighth place in the Premier League table.

There’s no surprise, given his links to the club, t that there has been some talk about Lampard making a move to Chelsea . King, though, appears relaxed about the situation.

Speaking to BBC CWR , he said: "He's done a fantastic job, it's been an incredible 18 months for us and for him. I am sure he's in reflective mode. I said to him 'do not underestimate how difficult what you've just achieved is to do'.

"He's done huge things in his playing career but to get out of this league as champions without a parachute payment, from where we've come from, is a huge achievement nobody can take away from him.

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"Everybody is going to get linked with everything, it's a merry-go-round. It's a bit disappointing clubs are appointing three or four managers a season.

"We don't want to be in those positions, that means something has gone a little bit astray."

Coventry confirmed their place at the top of the Championship on Tuesday night with a 5-1 win over Portsmouth. Celebrations will now continue for the remaining two league games, with Lampard at the centre.

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King added: "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.

"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.

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