Frank Lampard ya tabbatar da makomar sa a Coventry City, inda ya rattaba hannu kan sabon kwantiragi da ke daure shi da klabin har zuwa 2029 — shekaru uku da za su haɗa da aƙalla kaka ɗaya a Premier League ga Sky Blues.

Manajan ɗan shekara 48 ya jawo sha'awar wasu kulake da yawa a wannan lokacin bazara, inda Crystal Palace da Fulham suka kasance a cikin waɗanda aka danganta su da hidimominsa. Duk da haka, ya zaɓi zama a klabin Midlands yayin da suke shirye-shiryen kakar wasan farko a gasar manyan kulake tun shekaru 25 da suka wuce.

Lampard ya zo Coventry a watan Nuwamba 2024, yana karɓar ƙungiyar da ke matsayin 17 a Championship. Ya daidaita halin a hanzari, yana jagorantar ƙungiyar zuwa play-offs a rabin kakar wasan sa na farko kafin ya lashe taken Championship a kaka ta ƙarshe — tare da Sky Blues sun gama da wuce Ipswich da maki 11, wanda ya rike matsayi na biyu.

Saƙon Lampard ga magoya baya da gudanarwa

Yana magana ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarai na hukuma na klabin bayan sanya hannu, Lampard ya ce yana farin ciki da tsawaita zamansa. "Ina farin cikin sanya hannu kan sabon kwantiragi, girmamawa ce ta gaskiya wakiltar wannan kulake," ya ce.

"Bayan aikin mamaki na kowa don samun haɓakawa da lashe Championship, yana da muhimmanci a ji daɗin lokacin, kuma lalle mun yi haka a matsayin birni. Aikinmu a matsayin ma'aikata, kuma ga 'yan wasan ba shakka, shi ne da farko mu huta sannan mu mai da hankali kan abin da muke so mu yi da abin da muke bukata mu yi kakar wasan mai zuwa."

Lampard ya kuma yabi magoya bayan klabin da shugaban zartarwa Doug King. "Magoya baya fiye da kowa saboda yadda suka goyi bayan ƙungiyar, ni da ma'aikatan na don ba mu damar isa inda muka isa," ya ce. "Na gode wa Doug King ma don ba ni damar zuwa wannan kulake da kuma goyon bayansa. Mun san akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a yi amma za mu ba da komai."

King kuma ya bayyana farin cikinsa. "Tun zuwarsa a watan Nuwamba 2024, kulaken mu yana cikin ci gaba mai girma ƙwarai a ƙarƙashin jagorancinsa," in ji shugaban zartarwa. "Ya dace ƙwarai, bayan ɗaukar taken Championship a kaka ta ƙarshe, cewa shi ne ke jagorantar mu zuwa kakar wasan Premier League ta farko a cikin tsararraki."

Tsohon ɗan wasan tsakiya na Chelsea da ƙungiyar ƙasar Ingila yanzu yana mai da hankalinsa gaba ɗaya don shirya Coventry don buƙatun Premier League — gasar da klabin bai taɓa cikinta tun shekarar 2001.