Chelsea should appoint Frank Lampard but Blues legend needs experienced backroom team, says Ruud Gullit

Candidate: Frank Lampard is widely expected to take over at Chelsea.
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Joe Krishnan16 June 2019

Former Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit believes Frank Lampard would be the right appointment for the club if he can bring in an experienced backroom team with him.

Lampard is the frontrunner to take the vacant job at Stamford Bridge after Maurizio Sarri was allowed to leave to join Juventus.

Standard Sport understands the 40-year-old, currently in charge of Derby County, is top of the shortlist of candidates which also includes Watford boss Javi Gracia.

Gullit won the FA Cup in his first season as Chelsea player/manager in 1997 having spent three years as a player before his retirement.

And the Dutchman thinks that the club should appoint an experienced assistant to aid Lampard as he makes the step up to the Premier League.

"Look, he has done nothing yet as a coach," Gullit told Sky Sports. "[But] they gave me this opportunity as well and we won, so that has nothing to do with it.

"I think it is important for Chelsea that they can have something who they can relate to and I hope he gets the right people he needs around him who can help him.

"[He needs to] make sure that he gets something with experience of managing and coaching teams. That would be the best thing for him."

Lampard enjoyed an impressive debut season in charge at Derby, taking the Rams to the Championship Play-off Final only to lose 2-1 to Aston Villa.

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He is widely expected to rejoin the club where he won 13 trophies in his 14 season as a player and remains their all-time record goalscorer with 211 goals.

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