Chelsea caretaker manager Frank Lampard has given his backing to Raheem Sterling after previous comments from the England international used his coaching record to highlight issues with racism in English football. In 2020. Sterling appeared on BBC Newsnight, questioning how the likes of Ashley Cole and Sol Campbell were unable to secure top jobs in management while their former teammates Lampard and Steven Gerrard found opportunities.
"There's something like 500 players in the Premier League and a third of them are black and we have no representation in the hierarchy, no representation of us in the coaching staffs," Sterling said. "There's Steven Gerrard, your Frank Lampards, you have your Sol Campbells and you have your Ashley Coles.
"All had great careers, all played for England. At the same time, they've all respectfully done their coaching badges to coach at the highest level and the two that haven't been given the right opportunities are the two black former players." Lampard previously defended his record, but plenty has changed since.
