Coventry City are back in the Premier League for the first time since 2001, and the question on everyone's lips is whether Frank Lampard can keep them there. Harry Redknapp — Lampard's uncle and one of English football's most seasoned managers — is not hiding his concerns.

Lampard guided the Sky Blues to the Championship title last season with remarkable authority, finishing 11 points ahead of the rest of the division. It was a performance that had even surprised Redknapp, who admits he expected far less from his nephew's side at the outset of the campaign.