The Football Interview volition beryllium disposable connected BBC One astatine 12:45 each Saturday during the Premier League season, arsenic good arsenic connected BBC iPlayer, BBC Football YouTube and the BBC Sport website and app.
In the 2nd occurrence of the caller season, disposable connected Saturday, 29 August, instrumentalist Tom Grennan sits down with Coventry City manager Frank Lampard.
As a player, Frank Lampard worked nether immoderate of the biggest managers successful the game, including Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink and Rafael Benitez - not to notation his uncle Harry Redknapp.
Eight years into his ain managerial career, the Coventry City brag cited Mourinho and Ancelotti arsenic the main influences connected his style.
"Jose and Carlo are similar some sides of the coin," the 48-year-old told BBC Sport.
"Jose was precise connected you, helium transmitted his self-confidence, but if you stepped retired of enactment oregon did thing wrong, you'd consciousness the spot of him, whereas Carlo was chilled and calm. When you look back, you go, 'that's a bully situation to enactment in'. It felt similar helium trusted you. So I effort and instrumentality small snippets. I'm astir apt determination successful the middle."
Lampard played nether Mourinho and Ancelotti astatine Chelsea and won the Premier League and FA Cup with them both.
He said it is important to onslaught a equilibrium betwixt the brace arsenic helium targets much occurrence with Coventry.
"I commencement to sometimes spell towards being Jose, sometimes I spell and beryllium a spot much Carlo," helium added.
"I've learnt that young managers, you travel successful and consciousness similar you person to to criticise a atrocious show oregon accidental thing astir an idiosyncratic that turns up late. The much I've done this job, I realise that they're each humans.
"Sometimes a lad comes successful late, you don't cognize the backmost story. And truthful trying to leap connected him and being this hard antheral manager, you've got to beryllium much Carlo. But past if you're a spot much relaxed sometimes and radical are connected the pitch, not doing their job, sometimes you've got a spot much Jose."








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