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Simon Jordan makes Frank Lampard relegation claim and names club to ‘learn his trade’
Simon Jordan has been forthright on Frank Lampard's past managerial career and his prospects as the new Coventry City boss.
The 46-year-old has agreed a two-and-a-half year contract with the Championship strugglers and will take charge of the Sky Blues for the first time this Saturday when they face Cardiff City at the CBS Arena.
The talkSPORT pundit and former Crystal Palace owner discussed Lampard's appointment and what supporters can expect from the new man while on air shortly after the announcement. And he made some key points on Lampard's former managerial assignments - at Derby County, Chelsea and Everton.
He told listeners: “You know, his first year at Chelsea was okay, but I really thought he should have stayed at Derby.
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“I know Chelsea came calling, opportunity comes knocking and all that, but everybody in life that's had a modicome of success will be given opportunities. It is all about taking the right ones and I felt that he should have stayed at Derby and learned his trade.
“Of course, no-one could forecast what was going to happen with (then Derby owner) Mel Morris a year down the line, so maybe history doesn't look kindly upon that observation.
But going to Chelsea, he made mistakes there, especially the second time, and I also felt that when he was at Everton they would have got relegated if they hadn't have taken him out and put Sean Dyche in.
"So a lot of people are asking ‘Well, how does he get another go? Why is he getting another turn, he's been a failure in his last few jobs'. But I think it's reasonable to put him in a Championship club because he's proven to a reasonable degree that he can operate at that level.”
Lampard retired as a player in 2017 and in May 2018 took on his first managerial role at Derby, who he led to the Championship play-off final in his first season.
Derby lost to Aston Villa at Wembley before Lampard returned to Stamford Bridge, where he had spent 13 years as a player, signing a three-year deal to replace Maurizio Sarri as manager.
Lampard guided Chelsea to fourth in the Premier League and the FA Cup final, which they lost 2-1 to Arsenal, but after a poor run the following season saw them drop to ninth in the table, he was sacked in January 2021.
After a year out of the game, Lampard was announced as Everton’s new manager in 2022 but was sacked after less than a year in charge.
Everton had escaped relegation on the penultimate day the previous season but, after nine defeats in their first 12 Premier League games in the following campaign, Lampard was replaced by Sean Dyche.
Chelsea reappointed Lampard as their caretaker manager until the end of the season in April 2023 after they had sacked Graham Potter, but the former England midfielder won only one of his 11 games in charge.
