“My agent told me to have a conversation with Frank Lampard. I don’t think there’s anyone you’d rather play for as a midfielder. It was a massive compliment he wanted me” Matt Grimes on his Coventry City renaissance

Coventry City midfielder Matt Grimes has become Frank Lampard's general on the pitch.

For any player, leaving a club after a decade of loyal service is never an easy decision to make.

And for Matt Grimes, who spent 11 years with Swansea City, the decision to part ways in January 2025 was always going to be something of a gamble, given how synonymous he was with the Welsh side.