Coventry players 'deserve Premier League chance' - Lampard
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The players who helped Coventry City win promotion to the Premier League deserve their chance to show what they can do in the top flight, according to boss Frank Lampard.
After being named the League Managers Association's manager of the year, Lampard is planning for the Sky Blues' first season in the top flight for 25 years.
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"We haven't got Premier League minutes in our team. We've got a couple of boys that played, who got 30 appearances or whatever," Lampard said in his acceptance speech on Tuesday night.
"The reality is that these boys have deserved a chance because of the hard work that they did."
Coventry finished 11 points clear at the top of the Championship and midfielder Jamie Allen, who made 23 league appearances during the season is the only senior player to have been released since promotion was clinched.
City will also turn midfielder Frank Onyeka's loan from Brentford into a permanent move on 1 July after he initially joined the club on loan in February.
"Sometimes I think it's not being humble, it's actually just acknowledging and crediting the players, who want to get to the Premier League," added Lampard
"So, we go for it, right? You have to understand what they did. The accomplishment has been amazing from the players because they are the ones who go and do it."
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