King talks, Coventry City blueprint - Frank Lampard breaks his silence after Sky Blues announcement
Frank Lampard has spoken for the first time since taking over at Coventry City.
In an interview with the club website, the new Sky Blues boss spoke of his pleasure at returning to football, at being with Coventry City and of his talks with owner Doug King.
He also laid out his blueprint for how he wants his team to play – a full transcript of his first interview can be found on the club website.
Lampard said: “I’m absolutely delighted to be here. It’s a club I have huge respect for in terms of its history and tradition. I grew up in an era where Coventry City were very successful.
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“To be given the role as head coach is a huge deal for me to come in and try and help with the good work and foundations that have already been laid at the club with the work Mark Robins did himself and the work that Doug King is doing now at the top of the club. It’s an ambitious club that wants to move forward and I want to help as much as I can.
“I’ve had conversations with the owner and important people at the club that are making the bigger decisions and thankfully we get [sic] to a place where hopefully we have everything in place to move forward.
“We had very open conversations. I’ve got my idea how I want my teams to play and how I work, how I coach and that’s from the experiences I have had over the last five years, and I want to bring that here.
“In time, I want to bring an exciting and attacking team for them to see. A possession-based team that also wants to attack and attack quickly at times.
“I want to excite the fans and that’s certainly what I want to work towards, and of course we want to be an aggressive team that wants to win the ball high up the pitch.
“There will be some things we want to move forward with and maybe change and understand that in that process with a bit of change we have to get a lot of hard work in to get the results that we want and I’m certainly very ready to put that work in and pass the message on to the players and hopefully that shows on the pitch.”
