• ‘It opened my eyes to another club and structure’• Lampard takes
Chelsea to his former club on Saturday
Frank Lampard has said his year at
Manchester City introduced him to a different style of football and played a part in shaping his managerial approach.
Lampard was nearing retirement when he left Chelsea in 2014 and he feels spending a season in Manchester before finishing his playing career at
New York City FC gave him an idea of how he wanted to coach. He caused a stir when he joined City, who were managed by Manuel Pellegrini at the time, but he believes seeing how another English club operated was a positive after 13 years at Stamford Bridge.