Next Manager Rumours and Candidates

He's proved he's a dud.

I would definitely be finished with SAFC if he hot the job, but it wouldn't surprise me one iota.

Cheers mate, really surprised at that figure

I won't be renewing until I see who comes in to 'coach' us and who the 'DoF' brings in player wise, then we'll see if the owner has the the clubs and supporters best interests at heart, at the moment I don't think he has but that's my view from the outside looking in.

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Liam Rosenior is set for talks with Championship rivals

However, their pursuit of Rosenior may not be as straight forward as hoped, with another club keeping an eye on him.

According to The Athletic, Burnley see Rosenior as a candidate to take over from Vincent Kompany.

The former defender is joined by Frank Lampard and Scott Parker on their radar, with preliminary interviews due to begin this week.

Are Sunderland about to miss out on another target?

It’s unclear how far Sunderland are in their pursuit of Rosenior, but if they let him slip by – just like a number of managers already – then he could quite easily jump at the chance of moving to Turf Moor.

He narrowly missed out on the play-offs with Hull, but joining the Clarets could guarantee him a huge chance at winning automatic promotion and managing in the Premier League.

The Black Cats will likely struggle to compete with Burnley and really need to get a deal wrapped up quickly if they aren’t to miss out on yet another target.

However, Rosenior still isn’t guaranteed to be Burnley’s first choice. Both Lampard and Parker already have experience in the top flight, while the latter has won promotion twice in the last four years.

The former Tigers manager has made it clear he is happy to wait for the right offer to come around, having attracted interest since leaving the MKM Stadium.

If he still has options elsewhere, then he won’t be afraid to make Sunderland wait for his decision.

Exactly Ray, Burnley will have a parachute payment if nothing else so money to spend on players and not having to work for a DoF and owner who do everything they can to make the job more difficult.

The owners have to take a lot of the blame, they have let Speakman trudge from one feck up to another.

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Frank Lampard will surely enter race to become next Sunderland manager

Former England and Chelsea midfielder, and former Derby County, Chelsea, and Everton manager Frank Lampard remains available.

The 45-year-old is one of the bookies’ favourites to become the next Sunderland manager, along with the likes of QPR boss Marti Cifuentes who is well-liked by Sunderland.

Lampard has been without a job since leaving Everton in January 2023. His best stint as a manager came with Derby County in the Championship, whom he guided to the play-off final in 2019.

He left for Chelsea that summer, staying in charge for just six months before taking over at Everton in April 2023, and eventually leaving with just 12 wins in 44 games (27.3% win rate).

Lampard is also in the running to become the next Burnley manager along with Rosenior; the latter isn’t thought to be the leading candidate as things stand.

Lampard is thought to be keen on returning to management this summer and open to managing a club in the Championship.

Would Frank Lampard be a good Sunderland manager

Lampard has certainly endured a bit of a rollercoaster introduction to management, going from one extreme to another when leaving Derby County for Chelsea.

But there’s no denying that he did a good job at Derby County. The Rams arguably defied expectations by reaching the play-off final that season, though Lampard was helped out by having the likes of Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori on loan from Chelsea.

That Chelsea connection is something that Sunderland could capitalise on, though, should they hire Lampard as manager.

The major issue that Sunderland would face in hiring Lampard, and perhaps many other managers now, is that they’d be an underwhelming appointment.

Knowing that Sunderland wanted Still and then Rosenior, before missing out on both, makes clear that whoever the next Sunderland manager is, is a back up plan.

We saw with the Michael Beale tenure that if Sunderland fans aren’t immediately on board with the appointment, it makes it extremely difficult for the manager to get those fans on side.

Lampard’s most recent showing at Everton and his apparent desperation for a return to management doesn’t speak volumes about his credentials.

Given the state of affairs at Sunderland though, and the fact that Lampard is among the bookies’ favourites for the job, we could soon see an inevitable link between the pair.