@CrossCountryUK on the train to Manchester getting in at 1629 - no catering on this or 4 trains the conductor has been on today for first. Shocking and you still charge 1st priced. Luckily the conductor was very good on train and helped get snacks
Coventry City update.
The club have shifted their attention from Axel Disasi to Fikayo Tomori. Coventry do not want to pay the £25m Chelsea want for Disasi.
Tomori said to be keen to return to #PL if guaranteed first team football. Relationship with Lampard is excellent. It will be difficult for the player to leave a legendary club like AC Milan, but he wants to play for Lampard again. Milan value Tomori at £15m.
Deal with Carl Rushworth at advanced stages, nearly complete. £30m total package. Player hasn't emptied his locker at the training ground. Mutual desire from club and player.
Mason Mount open to joining Coventry on loan.
Benie Traore, Ian Maatsen deals dead in the water.
Looking forward to visiting the CBS this season.
#CCFC #PUSB
🚨 Frank Lampard, ready to sign new deal at Coventry City with negotiations advancing in the last 48h.
New contract on the table, as @JPercyTelegraph reports.
@psb_group Also is there likely to be a home membership too -where season tickets can sell tickets on ticket exchange to home members - most premier league clubs do this
Sir Alex Ferguson sends message of congratulations to Frank Lampard, praising his work in guiding Coventry City into the Premier League. “Your personality as a manager and a leader is so clearly defined in how your team has played great football this season, with confidence and self-belief, and I’ve enjoyed watching them,” Ferguson said via @LMA_Managers.
Lampard was awarded the Sir Alex Ferguson Trophy for LMA Manager of the Year voted by managers and based on the resources the individual manager has available to them. Ferguson added, “I know from speaking with you that you have great humility and, that important quality of a curious mind for learning.”
Following a glittering playing career (3xPL, 1xUCL, 1xEL, 4xFA, FOTY, 106 caps) Lampard could easily have simply gone into punditry. He's eloquent, insightful and brings authority to any discussion about elite football, club or international. But he loves the time on the training field, the contact with players, the challenge of building a team.
The competitive juices have flowed ever since he was doubted as a kid breaking through at West Ham. There's still a sense with Lampard that he is driven by proving people wrong. And proving himself right. And driven by a passion for the game and for winning.
Lampard has experienced a mixed time in management (at Derby, Chelsea twice and Everton), some of it very good, some less so, but his persistence (278 games and counting) and now lauded work at Coventry highlights his maturing into a manager of genuine substance at 47.
At a time when Dan Ashworth and Kevin Thelwell at the FA are focusing on developing more home-grown coaches, Lampard's prominence is even more significant. Thomas Tuchel's successor? #LMAawards #PUSB
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@rcw9715 Yes but also had spells where he’s been out and not at that level. Needs to get physically stronger over summer to be ready for premier league..
@CharPUSB Exactly this - getting train to arena - watching parade at cbs and then going to park. Only thing not worked out is how to get to park! Walk best (1hr 20) or other options?
🚨 EXCLUSIVE! Coventry City have sounded out Derby County manager John Eustace in case Chelsea lure Frank Lampard, sources have told Football Insider.
🚨 The Championship outfit has held Informal discussions with third parties about acquiring the Rams’ boss.
🚨 Despite Sky Blues’ public bullishness, they are working on a backup plan in case the 47-year-old quits the club for Stamford Bridge.
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