{"id":320001,"date":"2026-04-17T07:58:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=320001"},"modified":"2026-04-17T07:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:28:43","slug":"amazing-job-chelsea-tipped-to-rehire-club-legend-to-exchange-liam-rosenior-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/amazing-job-chelsea-tipped-to-rehire-club-legend-to-exchange-liam-rosenior-football\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Amazing job&#8217; &#8211; Chelsea tipped to rehire club legend to exchange Liam Rosenior | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Chelsea have struggled under Liam Rosenior in recent weeks (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nicky Butt has backed Frank Lampard for one more stint in control of Chelsea and says he would do an \u2018amazing job\u2019 back at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard looks set to take Coventry City back into the Premier League, with the Sky Blues requiring only a single point from their final 4 games to seal promotion to the highest flight.<\/p>\n<p>The Midlands club have been in good form under Lampard, losing just seven games in a highly competitive league and scoring 84 goals \u2013 11 greater than another Championship side.<\/p>\n<p>That is by far Lampard\u2019s most successful spell as a manager following his previous stints at Chelsea, Derby County and Everton.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea legend Lampard was appointed as manager at Stamford Bridge in 2019 and enjoyed an encouraging begin to his tenure, guiding the Blues to a fourth-place finish within the Premier League and into the FA Cup final, which they lost to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The west London side continued to impress initially of Lampard\u2019s second season in charge, topping their Champions League group and climbing to the highest of the Premier League in early December.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2264055876.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27998668\" alt=\"Coventry City v Stoke City - Sky Bet Championship\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Lampard has Coventry on the verge of promotion (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Chelsea then won just two of their next eight games to slide to ninth and Lampard was sacked at the tip of January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointing spell at Everton followed before Lampard returned to Chelsea in the course of the 2022-23 season as caretaker manager following Graham Potter\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n<p>But Lampard failed to alter the mood in west London, winning just one in every of his 11 matches in charge and taking Chelsea into the bottom-half of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard has had no such issues at Coventry, nonetheless, and Manchester United hero Butt believes he should now be a candidate for the Chelsea job once more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267757518_027781.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27627865\" alt=\"Everton v Chelsea - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Liam Rosenior is under pressure at Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"metro-poll\" id=\"1776337646006-27998263\" data-option1=\"Yes - it's time for him to return\" data-option2=\"No - he is better off staying at Coventry\" data-url=\"https:\/\/api.metro.co.uk\/polls\/v2\/\" data-track-module=\"poll\">\n<h3 class=\"metro-poll__title\">Would Lampard be  appointment for Chelsea?<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"metro-poll__list\">\n<li data-option=\"option1\" class=\"metro-poll__option\">\n<div class=\"metro-poll__content\">\n<p>Yes &#8211; it is time for him to return<span class=\"metro-poll__check-icon\"><svg><title>Check<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-check\" href=\"#common-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-option=\"option2\" class=\"metro-poll__option\">\n<div class=\"metro-poll__content\">\n<p>No &#8211; he is best off staying at Coventry<span class=\"metro-poll__check-icon\"><svg><title>Check<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-check\" href=\"#common-check\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>A big section of Chelsea supporters are already losing faith in Liam Rosenior, who was appointed in January following Enzo Maresca\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea were unceremoniously dumped out of the Champions League by PSG and have slipped to sixth within the Premier League, 4 points outside the top-five places.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are willing to present Rosenior more time to show things around but Butt believes Lampard would do an \u2018amazing job\u2019 back at Chelsea should they be trying to find a brand new manager within the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@GoodBadFootball\">The Good, The Bad &#038; The Football podcast<\/a>, Butt said: \u2018Do you think that if Frank Lampard gets promotion with\u00a0Coventry\u00a0they might return in for Frank?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2260937963.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27627881\" alt=\"West Ham United v Manchester United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Ex-Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018He got the job too early the primary time I\u00a0think\u00a0and he had the transfer\u00a0embargo\u00a0so he had to make use of plenty of young players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u00a0wouldn\u2019t\u00a0be a silly thing to\u00a0go and get\u00a0Frank Lampard\u00a0back in control of Chelsea for me.\u00a0He\u2019s\u00a0done\u00a0an amazing job\u00a0at Coventry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He\u2019s\u00a0got a bit more experience now and he\u00a0probably made\u00a0a number of mistakes the primary time around. People need to know that transfer embargo means you\u00a0should\u00a0depend on a great deal of young players, that will need to have been difficult for\u00a0him.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He can be\u00a0a completely different\u00a0manager now.\u00a0I feel Lampard would find it easier working with higher\u00a0players,\u00a0it could be easier for him to get his messages across to more technical players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If Frank went back into Chelsea, with all of the experience\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0got now, I feel he would do a tremendous job, I actually do.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the newest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Man Utd urged to sign \u00a342m Premier League \u2018monster\u2019 to exchange Casemiro<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Martin Keown names the team Arsenal must avoid to win Champions League<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: \u2018Look no further!\u2019 \u2013 Sam Allardyce urges Manchester United to sign \u00a330m striker<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have struggled under Liam Rosenior in recent weeks (Picture: Getty) Nicky Butt has backed Frank Lampard for one more stint in control of Chelsea and says he would do an \u2018amazing job\u2019 back at Stamford Bridge. 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