Chelsea
owner Roman Abramovich is considering a move to bring former manager Avram
Grant back to Stamford Bridge to join Frank Lampard's backroom team.
The Russian billionaire believes Grant's experience could provide invaluable
support to manager Lampard and his staff.
Chelsea have won only one of their last six Premier League matches and have
dropped to ninth in the table.
Grant believes his strengths lie as a team manager rather than behind the
scenes, so potentially the 65-year-old's return to Stamford Bridge could be
on a short-term basis.
Recently on social media, Grant backed Lampard, and urged Abramovich to give
him time to prove his doubters wrong.
"About the current situation, I can say only this. You need to be strong
when things are not going well, when things are going well everyone is a
genius and knows what to do," Grant said in an Instagram post.
"But in the situation like this when things aren't going well you need to be
strong, look for solutions and show a lot about your character.
"What I can say to Frank and the others at the club is be patient, and more
than this do whatever is necessary to do, that's for sure. Two things: never
lose it even when things are going well, don't lose your fighting spirit at
the highest level.
"And second, don't lose what you have here [points at head] - you need to
think right and look for solutions. If you do that, then everything will be
OK because the quality is there and there is a potential like there was [at
Chelsea] in my time."
In 2018, the former Portsmouth and West Ham boss had a spell as manager of
Indian Super League team NorthEast United.
Prior to that, Grant managed Ghana, leading them to the final of the Africa
Cup of Nations in 2015, losing to Ivory Coast on penalties.
Grant guided Chelsea to the Champions League final in 2008 and Lampard
scored 20 goals during 40 appearances in all competitions for the Blues
during that season.
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