Derby County boss Frank Lampard has cooled talk of a return to Chelsea.

Lampard says the only job on his mind is trying to steer Derby to the promised land of the Premier League.

The Rams are currently a point off the play-off spots but with a game in hand.

Lampard said: "Does it affect me? Absolutely not because I have a three-year contract here.

“I am planning for pre-season, I am planning recruitment in the summer, and planning before that getting promoted, if we can."

Lampard, who took up his first managerial job in the summer, says the links with him and the Chelsea job are inevitable.

He added: “Having played for Chelsea for 13 years, and the link I have with them will go on forever.

“It possibly means if Chelsea have their moments, which we all know they have had there, then I am an easy link. So was Zinedine Zidane before he took the Real Madrid job."