The Football Interview will air on BBC One at 12:45 every Saturday during the Premier League season. The programme will also be available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Football YouTube, and the BBC Sport website and app.
The second episode of the new season, available on Saturday, 29 August, features musician Tom Grennan in conversation with Coventry City manager Frank Lampard.
Frank Lampard on Mourinho and Ancelotti
During his playing career, Lampard worked with several of football’s most respected managers, including Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Guus Hiddink and Rafael Benitez, as well as his uncle Harry Redknapp.
Eight years into his managerial career, the Coventry City boss identified Mourinho and Ancelotti as the biggest influences on his management style.
“Jose and Carlo are like both sides of the coin,” the 48-year-old told BBC Sport.
“Jose was very on you, he transmitted his self-confidence, but if you stepped out of line or did something wrong, you’d feel the strength of him, whereas Carlo was chilled and calm. When you look back, you go, ‘that’s a nice environment to work in’. It felt like he trusted you. So I try and take little snippets. I’m probably somewhere in the middle.”
Lampard played under Mourinho and Ancelotti at Chelsea, winning the Premier League and FA Cup with both managers.
As he targets further success with Coventry, Lampard said finding the right balance between their contrasting approaches is essential.
“I start to sometimes go towards being Jose, sometimes I go and be a bit more Carlo,” he added.
“I’ve learnt that young managers, you come in and feel like you have to to criticise a bad performance or say something about an individual that turns up late. The more I’ve done this job, I realise that they’re all humans.”
“Sometimes a lad comes in late, you don’t know the back story. And so trying to jump on him and being this hard man manager, you’ve got to be more Carlo. But then if you’re a bit more relaxed sometimes and people are on the pitch, not doing their job, sometimes you’ve got a bit more Jose.”
