Frank Lampard ya sanya sabon kwantira da Coventry City wanda zai riƙe shi a kulob ɗin har zuwa 2029, ya kuma kawo ƙarshen hasashen da ake yi game da makomar sa bayan da kulob-kulob da suka haɗa da Fulham suka nuna sha'awarsu.

Manajan da yake ɗan shekara 48 ya jagoranci Sky Blues zuwa taken Championship a kakar da ta gabata — yana karya tarihin kulob ɗin tare da nasara 28 a gasar — kuma ya kawo ƙarshen rashin shiga Premier League na shekaru 25. Kwantiransa na baya zai ƙare ne a ƙarshen kakar mai zuwa.

Juyawa mai ban mamaki

Lampard ya zo Coventry a watan Nuwamba 2024, yana maye gurbin Mark Robins a lokacin da Sky Blues suke matsayi na 17 a Championship, suna da tazarar maki 2 kawai daga yankin raguwa. Ya farkar da kulob ɗin da sauri, yana cin nasara a cikin 16 daga cikin wasanni 29 da suka rage ya kuma kai kulob ɗin matsayi na biyar da wuri a play-off.

Ko da yake sun fadi ga Sunderland da maki 3-2 a jimilce a semi-final na play-off, Lampard ya dawo a kakar mai zuwa yana da ƙwazo, yana kai Coventry taken Championship tare da nasara 28 — mafi yawa da kulob ɗin ya taɓa cimma a kakar ɗaya ta gasar.

Martanin Lampard

"Bayan aikin ban mamaki da kowa ya yi don samu ci gaba da lashe Championship, ya yi muhimmanci a ji daɗin lokacin, kuma mun yi hakan a matsayinmu na birni. Aikinmu to a matsayinmu na ma'aikata, da kuma 'yan wasan ba shakka, shine farko mu shakata amma mu kuma mai da hankali ga abin da muke so mu yi da abin da muke bukata a kakar mai zuwa. Akwai aiki mai yawa a yi a ciki da wajen filin wasa a matsayinmu na kulob ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa, saboda haka waɗannan abubuwa suna ci gaba. Ina jiran komawa tare da 'yan wasan, ganin su duka da kuma shirya don kakar sabuwa."

Abin da ke zuwa gaba

Coventry za su fara dawowar su zuwa ɗan wasan koli — bayyanarsu ta farko a Premier League cikin shekaru 25 — a kan masu taken Arsenal a ranar Juma'a, 21 ga watan Agusta. Wasa ne mai wahala don farawa, amma yana nuna yadda kulob ɗin ya ci gaba a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Lampard.

Kafin isowarsa Coventry Building Society Arena, Lampard ya gina aikinsa na manajanci a Derby County, sannan Chelsea — inda ya kai su zuwa ƙarshen FA Cup da semi-final na Champions League — da Everton. Aikinsa na biyu a Chelsea ya biyo baya kafin ya tafi. Yanzu, yana yin kama ya zauna ya kuma ɗauki nauyin aikin dogon lokaci a Coventry.