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Frank Lampard was recently named as an ideal candidate to become England manager

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Frank Lampard has recently been touted as a potential future England manager.

The 47-year-old’s reputation in the dugout is at an all-time high, after taking Coventry City to the Championship play-off semi-finals last term before making a brilliant start to the current campaign.

Coventry currently look set for a tilt at automatic promotion and have blown away teams with their attacking prowess. The Sky Blues have netted over 20 times in their opening league contests, which is by far the highest number any side in the division has been able to produce.

This form hasn’t gone unnoticed and has led to Lampard receiving some huge praise in recent times. Speaking on Sky Sports News, former Tottenham player and now pundit, Jamie O’Hara, stated that he believes that Coventry’s boss is someone the FA will be looking at to succeed Tuchel in the future.

When considering the matter, Football League World’s Coventry City fan pundit, Chris Deez, admitted that Lampard may have bigger things ahead of him outside of the CBS Arena in the future, but stated that the Chelsea legend must prove himself more before being considered for the England role.

Frank Lampard’s England manager credentials questioned

“Thomas Tuchel's doing a pretty good job as England manager,” stated Chris. “People have been critical, but you can only beat what's put in front of you. We've played fairly well, nothing out of this world, but he's got us the results that we needed and that's all that really matters.

“He's a good manager and I don't see him losing his job unless we have a catastrophic failure at the World Cup. Bearing in mind that's less than a year away, I don't think Lampard is, in any way, shape or form, ready for the job yet. He's doing an incredible job with us obviously, did a very good job with Derby, had that one really good spell at Chelsea, didn't do very well at Everton.

“I don't think there's anything on his CV that screams that he's ready to be England manager. I think he could absolutely manage the big players. I don't think egos are going to be any problem for him. He's one of the Premier League's greatest ever players, one of England's greatest ever players.

“He's great with the media, so I think he'd have all of that side of it down as well, but he needs to have some actual sustained success. He's not won anything as a manager yet. We were critical of Gareth Southgate so many times, but at least he had a pretty decent CV behind him because he'd been in the England setup for such a long time.

“Tuchel has been a serial winner pretty much everywhere that he's gone. I love Lampard, I love what he's doing for Coventry. I'm under no illusions that he is bigger than Coventry and that he will go on to bigger and better things in the future.

“I just think he needs at least another couple of years, whether that's as our manager or goes off to another club, to really properly establish himself.”

Frank Lampard needs increased experience to become England manager

On the surface, Lampard has everything it takes to become England manager. He has experience at the highest level of the game and would immediately command respect from all those in the dressing room.

Tactically, the 47-year-old has proven himself capable of navigating through tournament football, taking Chelsea to the FA Cup final in 2020. Lampard knows how to avoid defeat too, coming off second best in around a third of his matches as Coventry boss.

However, when compared to Tuchel, the former Derby County and Everton boss still has some way to go in terms of experience and accomplishments.

England’s current manager has won the Champions League, multiple league titles and coached some of European football’s biggest clubs.

That doesn’t always directly translate to success with the national team, as proven by Fabio Capello, but Lampard would surely need to get back to coaching at the highest level before having a serious shot at the job.

There’s no reason why the Chelsea legend can’t achieve that task one day, but it may be a tall order for him to take over from Tuchel in potentially just a year.