Joe Cole has urged Frank Lampard to steer clear of a third stint in the Chelsea dugout, labelling the lack of managerial control at Stamford Bridge as “insane.”
Lampard has seen his reputation soar this season after guiding Coventry City back to the Premier League, clinching the Championship title with the Sky Blues just one year after a brief interim spell at Chelsea.
Following the sacking of Liam Rosenior last week, Lampard’s name has inevitably been linked with a return to west London.
However, his former team-mate Cole believes the 47-year-old should ignore the sentiment and focus on the project he has built at the CBS Arena.
“Frank should stay away from it,” Cole told Paddy Power.
“The temptation for Frank, because he loves the club, would be to come back and give it another whirl.
“But he’s done a fantastic job at Coventry. Nobody would have backed them for promotion at the start of the season.”
Cole warned that the current structure at Chelsea makes it almost impossible for a head coach to succeed under the current model.
He added: “In any job, you’re being judged on your results, but [at Chelsea] you don’t have full control over what you can do. That’s insane.
“All of his focus and mental energy now should be about recruitment for Coventry. If I was him, I wouldn’t go to Chelsea.”
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