Amenda’s Arrival: The inside story of Coventry City’s towering new centre half
17.07.26, 12:26 Updated 19.07.26, 16:45 4 Minute Read
Rich Chamberlain
Aurele Amenda did not choose Coventry City by accident. Frank Lampard personally convinced him.
In his first interview after joining Coventry City from Eintracht Frankfurt, Amenda admitted that Lampard had played a major role in persuading him to move to the CBS Arena.
Christopher Michel, a German football expert at absolutfussball.de, has revealed just how vital those discussions were. Speaking to The Phoenix, Michel suggested that Amenda was very much a Frank Lampard target and someone who has quickly bought into his new coach’s way of thinking.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.