'I only want the Chelsea job!': Frank Lampard's desire to manage ex-club revealed in three-year-old interview Frank Lampard has been given permission by Derby County to speak to Chelsea Footage from three years ago has re-emerged, in which he talks on management In it, he reveals that he would love to manage his former club in the future By Harry Slavin For Mailonline Published: 10:17 BST, 26 June 2019 | Updated: 10:37 BST, 26 June 2019 Viewcomments Frank Lampard was given permission by Derby on Tuesday to speak to Chelsea about the vacant manager role, but it turns out he's had his eye on the role for a lot longer. The former England international spent 13 years at Stamford Bridge as a player and looks set for a return to his spiritual home. As an old interview has revealed, though, Lampard has had designs on the job for quite some time. Footage has re-emerged of Frank Lampard first talking about a possible future in management In the interview, the former England international reveals his hope to one day manage Chelsea https://www.youtube.com/embed/kLCEyfeJYjM?feature=oembed Footage from an interview on Sky Sports' Soccer AM programme conducted in 2016 shows the then New York City midfielder being questioned about his desire to move into management. 'Thinking hard about the question, he replies: 'A period earlier in my career I really fancied it and then I thought: "You know what, I really don’t fancy the managerial thing". Now I’m more back on to it. 'The problem is I’ve got to get my badges and the hard thing for me is to have time to do it, and also when I’m playing I never really want to do the badges because then I think my eyes on that and I wanted to concentrate on playing. 'As soon as I finish I’d like to take it up and maybe be a manager. But it’s hard because I only want the Chelsea job.' Probed more on that desire to return to west London, reveals that he does not envisage walking into the role, suggesting that he would like the experience of cutting his teeth in the lower leagues first. Lampard has been given permission by Derby to speak to Chelsea about their vacant role 'I really respect managers who go the right way about it,' he said. 'Only if I was good enough, and it was right, and they wanted me, and it’s the right time then yeah of course [I'd want the Chelsea job]. I’m a Chelsea man, whether you’re a Chelsea man or not it’s one of the pinnacle jobs in football. 'It might be a different route for me. It might take me a while to get there but of course the dream would be to manage Chelsea one day.' Lampard spent 13 years at Chelsea as a player and looks set to return in the dugout Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility