Club tried to sign Coventry City star – ‘Very reliable’ source speaks of player’s situation..
Milan van Ewijk has impressed for Coventry City this season.
The full-back has played 35 times in all competitions and has one goal and an assist to his name.
This is the defender’s second season at the Championship side, who saw him play 42 times in the league during the 2023/24 season.
There’s been growing interest in the 24-year-old and Coventry City had fend off a potential suitor in the winter transfer window.
SoccerNews.nl have reported that AS Roma were keen on signing the Dutchman before they ended up signing Devyne Rensch from Ajax.
A ‘very reliable’ source has told the outlet that the Italian side had come forward to sign Van Ewijk. The move didn’t take off due to Coventry City’s high demands.
The report also states that there has previously been major interest in the right-back. Galatasaray, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord have looked at the possibility of signing him.
This clearly shows that Van Ewijk’s stock is rising and Coventry City will soon have to be wary of potentially losing him, especially if he keeps impressing.
Frank Lampard’s tactical gamble as Bobby reveals brains behind Coventry City’s match winning goal..
Coventry City match analysis from CoventryLive as Sky Blues reporter Andy Turner takes a look at some of the big talking points from Tuesday night’s 1-0 victory over QPR..
Coventry City got their play-off push back on track with a dramatic late winner – once a regular occurrence at the CBS Arena.
Centre-half Bobby Thomas rose to head home his third goal of the season from Jack Rudoni’s last minute corner, deep in stoppage time, with the final whistle going just after QPR had rushed to restart the game.
Visiting goalkeeper Paul Nardi had kept the visitors in the game with a string of saves, including a superb double effort to deny Matt Grimes and Ellis Simms inside the opening 10 minutes. Meanwhile, at the other end, Oliver Dovin saved from Paul Smyth and kept out Michael Frey from close-range, as the game appeared to be heading towards a stalemate until Thomas produced his decisive moment for the Sky Blues.
The result lifted Frank Lampard’s men up four places to eighth, just a point outside the top six going into Wednesday night’s fixtures. Here we take a look at some of the big talking points from the 1-0 midweek win.
Frank’s height gamble pays off
Frank Lampard admitted that his tactical substitutions were a bit of a gamble by making his team smaller against a big and physical QPR side who were a real threat from set-pieces.
The Sky Blues boss swapped Ellis Simms and Liam Kitching for Brandon Thomas-Asante and Josh Eccles just after the hour, swapping height, aggression and muscle for fresh legs and energy. And when the visitors had three corners in quick succession as the clock ticked into five minutes of over time, Lampard was hoping that decision wasn’t going to come back and bite him on the backside.
