Frank Lampard’s career in management has surprised his former Chelsea team-mate Samuele Dalla Bona as the Derby manager and his assistant Jody Morris prepare to return to Stamford Bridge.
Lampard and Morris, who battled for midfield spots at Chelsea with a young Dalla Bona under Claudio Ranieri in the early 2000s, have now gone into coaching and helped Derby into last season’s Championship play-off final where they lost 2-1 to Aston Villa.
Derby have given Chelsea permission to speak to Lampard about the prospect of the Blues’ legendary midfielder returning to Stamford Bridge to replace Maurizio Sarri as manager.