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'It can inspire the next generation' - Lampard hails rise of British coaches

21 Dec 2020


In the build-up to tonight's meeting with West Ham, the Chelsea boss has
been discussing the increasing number of British managers in the Premier
League...


https://i.imgur.com/UlHMIuB.jpg


When Frank Lampard offers his hand before kick-off tonight in the
traditional touchline greeting between opposing managers, it will be the
14th time he has done so this season in the Premier League and the sixth
occasion it has been directed towards a fellow British manager.


While English football has long been dominated by homegrown coaches, the
globalisation of the Premier League and its standing on the world stage
has increasingly attracted the best managerial minds from overseas over
the past 20 years. When Lampard swapped east for west London in the summer
2001, he was signed by Claudio Ranieri, then one of just three non-British
managers in the division.


As things stand now, over half the current top-flight managers hail from
England, Scotland or Northern Ireland, while former team-mates of
Lampard's such as Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney are cutting their
coaching teeth in Scotland and the Championship respectively.


It is a trend the Chelsea head coach is pleased to see, albeit one he
doesn't place too much importance on given that competence rather than
nationality should be the only barometer of suitability and success.


'It's nice but I don't think it's anything we need to madly celebrate
because if you want to become a manager in the modern world, it doesn't
matter where you're from,' stated Lampard.


'You just have to work as hard as you can to get the qualifications and
hope that you can work and be successful to get where you want to be. The
fact this is the Premier League here in England and we're seeing British
managers do very well is nice.


https://i.imgur.com/1VdEaDF.jpg
Lampard and Moyes share a touchline last season


'There will be a lot of hard work behind that and if that can inspire
younger managers and players now who want to try and become managers in
the future, then that's a great thing as well because it's nice to have
British managers coming through and doing well. People like David Moyes
and Sam Allardyce have been doing well for years and are very experienced
managers.'


It was during Lampard's first season as a player at Stamford Bridge that
Moyes took charge of Everton, his maiden top-flight job after four years
at Preston North End. Diligent work over 11 years on Merseyside meant the
Scot was chosen to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, a role
that lasted less than a year.


Subsequent spells at Real Sociedad and Sunderland also ended
disappointingly, leading some observers to frame West Ham's current good
form as redemption for Moyes, though Lampard does not agree with that
view.


'There's nothing for him to redeem,' added the Blues boss. 'Any manager
understands, whatever club you're at, that there are always a million
factors behind the scenes and you're just working to be positive and have
success.


'Whether it happens is always objective to everyone on the outside and as
the manager you can see things differently. What he's doing at West Ham
right now is the job of a top manager.'


The ever-changing picture at the top of the Premier League continues to
provide plenty of discussion as various teams join the perceived title
race and then fall away just as quickly.


Weekend wins for Leicester City, Everton and Manchester United have seen
them steal a march on Lampard's side, who bring to a close this round of
fixtures in eighth. However, a home victory tonight will take us back
above Tottenham and into fifth so Lampard is wary of making snap
judgements at this stage of the campaign.


'We're still pretty early and there are lots of hours to fill where people
want to talk about who might be in the race or not but there's a long way
to go,' he added. 'The table at the top is closer, for whatever the
reasons might be.


'The level of the Premier League is always improving, clubs that maybe
couldn't invest so much in the past are investing. They have strong
squads, good managers and great organisation so that's what we're seeing.
I think it will pan out differently so I'm not sure it's worthwhile trying
to guess too much.'

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