January 27, 2025
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Josh Eccles: Coventry midfielder signs new four-year contract - BBC Sport

Coventry City transfer state of play as gaps screaming out to be filled
Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as we take a look at what’s needed and who has been linked to the Sky Blues ahead of the January window

Josh Eccles: Coventry midfielder signs new four-year contract - BBC Sport

Frank Lampard has had five games in charge of Coventry City and revealed after Saturday’s 4-1 thrashing at Portsmouth that he learned more about his newly inherited side from that performance than the previous four put together.

A display devoid of character and battling spirit in a dismal second half showing, it also saw defensive alarm bells ringing loud and clear as the Sky Blues continue to concede cheap and wholly avoidable goals.

Josh Eccles: Coventry midfielder signs new four-year contract - BBC Sport

With the January transfer window just days away from opening, the mid-term trading point presents an opportunity for the new head coach to strengthen his squad for the second half of the season. With that in mind, here we look at the transfer state of play.

Josh Eccles: Coventry midfielder signs new four-year contract - BBC Sport

Lampard finds himself in a strange position of having inherited three senior goalkeepers but struggling for one to come to the fore as the dominant and reliable figure to take the number one spot. The latest incumbent, Brad Collins, had a stinker at Pompey and fans remain unconvinced by the former Barnsley stopper who they have never really taken to since joining the club 18 months ago. Hopes were high for Oliver Dovin when he signed in the summer but the Sweden international is young and inexperienced, and struggled to adapt to the level and really impose himself in his first few months, resulting in Ben Wilson being restored to the side. The most experienced man at the club, however, has been out injured for almost three months and is yet to return to the squad, albeit having made a tentative return to training.

Josh Eccles: Coventry midfielder signs new four-year contract - BBC Sport

The one thing the position has lacked, however, whoever has been fit or available, is a dominant figure to come and take crosses and command the box, and an experienced custodian would be on most fans’ January wish list.

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