Lampard believes Coventry can follow Sunderland blueprint to survive Premier League

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lampard-frank/GWpe9c0q/"]Lampard[/a] led [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a] back into the top flight by winning the Championship last season, but his side have already been installed as favourites for relegation.[/p][p]The former [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] and England star believes Coventry can defy the odds if they replicate the way in which [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sunderland/WSzc94ws/"]Sunderland[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leeds/tUxUbLR2/"]Leeds[/a] avoided relegation last season, finishing seventh and 14th respectively.[/p][p]Lampard has been studying the astute manner in which Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris and Leeds manager Daniel Farke plotted their survival bids.[/p][p][b]"They've changed that rhetoric a little bit. Those stories are important for us to analyse and we've looked a lot at those two specific teams," Lampard told reporters on Wednesday.[/b][/p][p][b]"To see how they played gives us inspiration, but it will be us that manages to make that story for ourselves, but of course we've looked at those stories.[/b][/p][p][b]"We want to be confident in what we do, it's our job to set out the strategy for the boys game by game - and they deserve to be here."[/b][/p][embed guid="5460dd29-4e76-4619-b947-471e855984c4" url="https://x.com/Coventry_City/status/2088385691876987241" social-type="twitter" /][p]Coventry have brought in seven new signings at a combined cost of over £120 million ($163 million) in a bid to provide Lampard with better quality and depth in his squad.[/p][p][b]"For teams who get promoted, we know what the gap is, history tells you that," Lampard said.[/b][/p][p][b]"We knew we had work to do. We tried to strike the balance working smartly and strategically in the window.[/b][/p][p][b]"We are stepping up a big level now and need competition both in training and game time. The rigours of the Premier League mean we've had to add players in different areas."[/b][/p][p]Coventry's return to the Premier League caps the club's remarkable rise from the depths of the Football League back to the top level of the English game.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-city/Wtn9Stg0/"]City[/a] went into administration in 2013 and were made to play at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/northampton/l4P6dwRR/"]Northampton[/a] from July 2013 until September 2014, before being forced away from Coventry again in 2019 when they ground-shared with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/birmingham/SWk4muv7/"]Birmingham[/a] for two years.[/p][p][b]"It was a great year for us and the celebrations were great. It went beyond football in this city," said former Chelsea and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/everton/KluSTr9s/"]Everton[/a] boss Lampard.[/b][/p][p][b]"I'm very excited to be here and get a club that's been out of the Premier League for 25 years. It is exciting at this moment but we want to challenge and do well."[/b][/p]