Reports suggest the
50-year-old is on the verge of leaving Real Madrid to replace interim boss
Rafael Benitez.
Lampard, who signed a new
one-year deal with the Blues on Thursday, told BBC's Football Focus:
"There's no way he'll come back and rest on any laurels or rest on
anything that happened before.
"With him at the helm
we are going to give it a great go."
Mourinho first took charge
at Stamford Bridge in June 2004 having just guided Porto to Champions League
glory.
He won six trophies in three
years, including two Premier League titles, but left in September 2007 after
his relationship with owner Roman Ambramovich had become increasingly strained.
The following June, Mourinho
joined Inter Milan, where he won a second Champions League crown and two league
titles in as many seasons.
He was tempted to Real
Madrid in the summer of 2010 and won the Copa del Rey in his first season
before deposing Barcelona as La Liga champions in his second.
Lampard praised his former
manager as "certainly the best I've worked with, so it would be a great,
great relationship" if the Portuguese returned to Stamford Bridge.
"I think he will take
the club on again," the 34-year-old England midfielder added.
"He has shown it with
Porto, with us, Inter Milan and Real Madrid. I certainly think he can [be
successful again] because he is a workaholic. He's got desire."
Mourinho's likely return is
thought to have had a bearing on Lampard extending his time at Stamford Bridge,
as there had previously been much speculation that he was not going to be
offered a new deal.
But Lampard said: "The
club have been brilliant and I have seen, I don't know, double figures of
managers coming in and you remain loyal to the club.
"So that wasn't in any
way the main contributing factor. It is a fantastic place to be at.
"It is not confirmed
yet [but] the idea of working with [Mourinho] is brilliant."
Lampard became Chelsea's
all-time leading scorer last week, overtaking Bobby Tambling's 202-goal record.
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