Lampard or Van Nistelrooy 'would go one of two ways' as Coventry City chase next manager

Frank Lampard is now the favourite to become Coventry City's new manager, according to the bookies - and CoventryLive sports readers in our comments sections have been weighing up who they'd rather have out of the frontrunners to replace sacked manager Mark Robins.

Talks between Lampard and the club are now at an "advanced" stage, according to Sky Sports. Lampard, 46, has been out of management since a tough spell in charge of Chelsea 18 months ago, but does have success on his CV from guiding a young Derby County team to the Championship play-off finals in 2019.

Other leading names include Ruud van Nistelrooy, who has left Manchester United after a short interim spell as head coach. His notable wins come from the Dutch top flight with PSV Eindhoven, finishing second in the table and winning two cups during the 2022/'23 season.

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Lee Carsley will shortly hand over the reins of the England national team to new boss Thomas Tuchel, and is highly regarded for his work with young players. He has not shown much interest in coaching at club level, but he has coached, managed, and played for Coventry City in the past.

Reader Joey Ryan would prefer Lampard to become the new boss: "Rather him than Van Nistelrooy, at least Lampard has some proper experience. He's not wanted at the club because he's not regarded as being as good as what we had. If we were going down this route, I would have sounded out Fowler".

Commenter Skyblue2 would lean the other way: "Would prefer Van Nistelrooy but if it's Lampard, then will get behind him and the team, no point in doing anything else. That would be detrimental to what we want to achieve. Who knows, it may turn out really well."

Sjen says: "I know you can make a case for Lampard, but he's hardly a standout, and it'd be no surprise at all if he failed badly. Does he have the strategic ability Doug King said he thought we needed Viveash for? I don't see it. Does he have a ready no. 2 available to supply that? If anything he seems more of a 'manager' type than Mark Robins, rather than the 'head coach' we're supposed to be after. The 'famous ex-player as manager' model seems to belong to yesterday, and if his last two jobs have gone badly, I suspect that may be because the game has moved on and left him behind."

Cizalo writes: "Ruud van Nistelrooy would be my preferred with names mentioned so far, he fits the head coach model and did a good job back home in Holland, came in to difficult atmosphere at Manchester United. As long as Doug and co. let him get on with his job in background. We are attack-heavy so he could help sort out some of the finishing issues, and has plenty of experience with managing youth full squad."

Brumrgash says: "Van Nistelrooy & Lampard will work one of 2 ways - do well and leave in 18 months, or do poorly and sacked in 12 months. Carsley is my number 1 choice, followed by Bloomfield. Proper coaches who will be in it for the project, but no doubt King will go for the high profile."

Davebennett writes: "I agree about Van Nistelrooy and Lampard, but I also have my reservations about Carsley. As we all know, he has said he would rather not work a permanent job. This tells me that if he did take the job at City, there's always the possibility he'd be losing interest after X amount of months, regretting his decision."

Ccfctilhenger says: "I'd whittle it down to Carsley and Van Nistelrooy. They have both come through coaching the lower age groups which was the same for Adi Viveash. My final preference would be to slightly lean towards RVN due to his club management experience. Lampard, I'm not sure about due to his last two posts not being as successful as one would hope."

Have your say! If you could have your pick, who would be the ideal Coventry City coach - and who would be the most realistic? Comment below, and join in on the conversation.