Hamer and O'Hare back in Coventry

Callum O'Hare and Gus Hamer will both be making their first return to Coventry since leaving

It has really been a Coventry old boys' reunion in the city this week.

First, Mark Robins made his return to Coventry just a fortnight after being sacked - to be presented with an honorary doctorate by Coventry University.

Now, having been almost forgotten about in all the palaver over Robins' exit and Frank Lampard being the favourite to succeed him, it is the turn of two more former Sky Blues favourites - Gustavo Hamer and Callum O'Hare.

Hamer and O'Hare are expected to start, subject to fitness, when second-placed Sheffield United arrive on Saturday.

Both were part of the Sky Blues side that reached the Championship play-off final in May 2023 - but Hamer left for Bramall Lane three months later and O'Hare followed in July.

It is a matter of pure speculation as to what might have happened, had City kept hold of them.

As it is, Coventry sit 17th in the Championship table, 15 points behind Chris Wilder's Blades.

United have won their past four games on the spin, including the 1-0 derby win over Sheffield Wednesday in the most recent of them a fortnight ago, in which Hamer and O'Hare both played.