EPL:Frank Lampard can have my job - Mourinho

Frank Lampard can have my
job as Chelsea boss whenever he wants it - and he'll be back 'very, very
soon', says Jose Mourinho
By Charlie Scott
21:03 19 Jun 2014, updated 22:30
19 Jun 2014
Chelsea legend Lampard's contract
runs out this month
Mourinho says midfielder is 'just
going for a ride somewhere'
Lampard has been linked with a move to MLS side New York City
Chelsea manager reiterates belief that
Lampard will return to the club
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has refused to
rule out the possibility of Frank Lampard coming back to manage the club in the future.
Mourinho said he can see the England midfielder returning to Stamford Bridge
‘very, very soon’, after Lampard and the club parted ways at the end of the Premier League season.
‘I do not think he is leaving,’ Mourinho told ITV during a United Nations ambassadorial
visit to Ivory Coast. ‘I think he is just going for a ride somewhere and then he is coming back very, very soon because that’s what
the owner wants, that’s what he [Lampard] wants – what everybody wants.’
When asked if Lampard might manage Chelsea, the 51-year-old said: ‘Whatever he wants, whenever he wants. I repeat Mr
Abramovich’s words – I will have him
doing anything.
‘The door is open for such a big guy in our club.’
Mourinho has been in Africa visiting hungry children and HIV patients to support the World Food Programme, rather than attending the World Cup in Brazil.

Last week the Portuguese coach invited Lampard to return as his assistant manager
after admitting the letting the midfielder go was one of the most difficult acts of his
career.
Mourinho said: ‘You can’t imagine how difficult it was. I think only Frank knows that, but at the same time I can feel some
happiness about the process because, for sure, he comes back to Chelsea.
‘He can be a coach, he can start at the
academy, he can start being my assistant at the same time because he is doing his coaching badges, or he can start in a different role.’