Former Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann is one of the leading candidates for the permanent Chelsea job but Graeme Souness is hoping Chelsea don’t give the German the Chelsea job.

Souness told The Daily Mail: “I’ve always felt you need your fair share of luck in management and I do think the stars have aligned for Frank Lampard at Chelsea.

“He’s arriving back at the club at an incredibly good time, because slowly but surely the new buys there are starting to grasp the nettle and show what is needed to succeed at a top Premier League side.

“Their football is good enough to win games. The team lacks only one key ingredient – a centre forward.

“I think Frank will get this group winning football matches again. In his previous incarnation as Chelsea manager he got a punch on the nose and he will be richer from that experience.

“Foreign managers are always in fashion. The latest is Julian Nagelsmann.

“But it’s more than possible that Frank will improve results at the club and if that happens, he would certainly deserve the chance to manage there permanently.

“Personally, I would love to see that and it would also be very good to see a British manager in one of our top jobs.

“We all know what Napoleon said about wanting ‘lucky generals’. I believe this is a very good appointment.”