Simon Jordan has backed Frank Lampard to become the next Sunderland manager following Tony Mowbray’s dismissal yesterday.
Tony Mowbray spent a largely successful 16 months at the club and overachieved to a certain extent. He dragged Sunderland into the play-offs in their first season back in the Championship and they are currently three points behind sixth-place Hull.
After making the ludicrous decision to sack the 60-year-old, owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is now on the lookout for a younger manager with fresh ideas to take his side into a new chapter and Jordan believes that Lampard is the man to take the Black Cats forward.
What has Simon Jordan said about Frank Lampard?
In an interview with talkSPORT, he claimed that the former Chelsea manager could relish the ‘opportunity to rebuild’ the club.
He said: “If you talk about football people who want to get back on the ladder then Frank Lampard.
“If you talk about football people with so much motivation, and Souness was saying that we are so lucky that he has so much money that he wants to do it, there are lots of people with money who will flog themselves to the next level.
“if Frank Lampard wants to do something then a football club of the size and stature of Sunderland, with the opportunity to rebuild. That would be an interesting job wouldn’t it?”
Although Jordan believes he would be a good appointment, the 45-year-old has a lot to prove after being sacked by Chelsea at the end of last season.
Would Frank Lampard be a good appointment at Sunderland?
During his time as manager, Lampard hasn’t achieved enough to suggest he would be the right man to lead Sunderland into the next chapter.
Across spells at Derby County, Everton and Chelsea, his only notable achievement is leading Derby into the play-offs in 2019 before losing in the final against Aston Villa.
After returning to the Blues for a second spell in April this year, he damaged his reputation even further by only claiming victory in one of his 11 matches in charge.
The above record, especially given the talented superstars he had at his disposal, won’t fill anyone with confidence and hiring Lampard would certainly be a huge risk.
That said, the chance to rebuild his reputation in the second tier could be exactly what he and Sunderland need, but considering the abundance of talented managers on their radar, they should avoid the Englishman at all costs.