Frank Lampard is hopeful the familiarity of playing at Chelsea for more than a decade will aid his development as a manager as he prepares for his first season in charge at Premier League level.
The former Blues midfielder, who scored more than 250 goals for the club over 13 years, has had a mixed start to life in charge of his old club, with a win and a draw on their tour of Ireland, before a 1-0 reverse against Kawasaki Frontale in Yokohama on Friday.
Lampard won plenty of plaudits in his first season of management at Derby County as they missed out on Premier League promotion at the final hurdle to Aston Villa.