Coventry City

Coventry City are among those interested in Luton Town midfielder Lamine Fanne but the Hatters are not looking to part with the Spanish 21-year-old this summer. (Rudy Galetti), external

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Forest Green Rovers have signed forward Aidan Dausch from Coventry City on a season-long loan.

The 19-year-old USA youth international has made two senior appearances off the bench for the Sky blues.

Dausch played nine National League South matches and scored two goal on loan for St Albans City as the Hertfordshire club were relegated in 21st place.

He follows fellow Coventry loanee Isaac Moore to the New Lawn Stadium for the 2025-26 season.

"Aidan is an exciting talent that we're delighted to work with here at Forest Green," Rovers manager Robbie Savage said.

"We're thankful to Frank Lampard and Coventry City for allowing us to bring Aidan and Isaac to the football club. We're excited to see them both develop and help us in our quest for promotion."

Rovers begin the National League season away at Solihull Moors on Saturday.

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Coventry City boss Frank Lampard is happy with the competition he has among his strikers after a 2-2 draw with St Pauli on Saturday in their final pre-season friendly.

Brandon Thomas-Asante and Ellis Simms were on target as the Sky Blues completed their warm-up programme before the Championship opener at home to Hull City on Saturday (12:30 BST).

"It's nice to have strikers scoring goals - we've been a bit short of that in pre-season," Lampard told BBC CWR.

"But that's the hardest part of football, the sharpness and ability to finish so we can be happy with that.

"We've got competition up there and we need the players to perform but I'm well aware that strikers who are scoring and in confident runs can score more. It's a good feeling for them."

Haji Wright finished last season as Coventry's top scorer with 12 goals and was able to play 15 minutes against the German Bundesliga side as he continues his return from an Achilles injury.

"Haji's a big player for us and he came on having progressed very well with his injury - he's really keen and very positive and we're pleased to get him some minutes," Lampard added.

"He has some work to do to bridge the gap but it puts us in good stead having players of the calibre of Haji playing in that central area," added Lampard.

Coventry City head coach Frank Lampard believes his side's 1-1 friendly draw with Real Betis was a valuable experience for his squad ahead of the Championship season.

Jack Rudoni's first-half goal put the Sky Blues ahead before the visitors equalised through substitute Pablo Garcia. But it was goalkeeper Carl Rushworth who shone against the La Liga opposition.

"[He's] a young goalkeeper with a lot of experience," Lampard told BBC Radio CWR. "I think he showed a lot of his qualities."

Lampard emphasised the importance of City's pre-season preparations.

"I want to extend the players, to help focus, to help the feeling of playing higher level opposition. I think we've done that."

"We've had some good challenges in pre-season and I like that because we should test ourselves.

"I'm not so concerned about results, I'm more concerned about performance."

Next up for Coventry City is Bundesliga side St. Pauli at the CBS Arena on Saturday.

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"If you look at it logically, it does make sense as to why Doug King would like to look at alternatives."

BBC political reporter Simon Gilbert breaks down Coventry City owner Doug King's potential plans to build a new 40,000-seater stadium and why it might be in the Sky Blues' best interests.

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"I think Real Betis will be a really tough test for us. I think they will be maybe the best test we've had in recent pre-seasons, dare I say that."

BBC Radio CWR's Lorna Bailey and William Oelrich are joined by guests Laura Hartley and CJ as they talk new signings and possible departures, away kits, and going back to the CBS Arena for a pre-season friendly against Real Betis on Wednesday.

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Norwich City are considering a move for Brighton forward Abdallah Sima, 24, to join up with Senegal team-mate Papa Amadou Diallo, who signed for the side on Thursday. (Pink Un - subscription required), external

The Canaries are also interested in RC Lens winger Anass Zaroury, however they face competition from Coventry City for the 24- year-old Morocco international. (L'Equipe - in French), external

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Midfielder Matt Grimes says Coventry keeping much of last season's play-off reaching squad together is "a big strength" going into their upcoming Championship campaign.

Of the Sky Blues' eight released players, only forward Jamie Paterson featured in the Championship last season.

Their only sale of the summer so far has been forward Fabio Tavares, who played just one minute in the league last season before heading on loan to current club Burton Albion in January.

"I think a big strength of ours is that we've kept the majority of the squad over the summer," Grimes told BBC CWR.

"The retained list that we put up, there was only a couple of players that we lost. Whereas a lot of teams chop and change and lose five, six or seven players and have to rebuild that."

Listen to the full interview with Matt Grimes and more on BBC Sounds.

Coventry City goalkeeper Carl Rushworth says it was a gut decision to join the Sky Blues after speaking with boss Frank Lampard and midfielder Matt Grimes.

Rushworth, who joined Coventry on loan from Brighton on Thursday, previously played with Grimes during their time together at Swansea City during the 2023-24 season.

"[Lampard] is putting all the ownership into my hands," Rushworth told BBC Radio CWR.

"It's not like he would like me to play out, he's not saying we are stuck in those ways. He believes in me to play what I see and I have the backing from him.

"Along with speaking with [Matt] Grimesy and having a non-biased opinion about how much he was loving this club and loving his time here. I was always going to go with my gut."

It's not just talk that drew Rushworth's attention, it's also the possibility of adding a promotion to his CV with usual Sky Blues number one Oliver Dovin likely to be ruled out for the start of the season.

"The plan is just to compete and try and play as many games as possible and look to get promoted," the keeper added.

"That's something that is very exciting for me to think about and it's actually very realistic as well."

Listen to the full interview with Carl Rushworth and more on BBC Sounds.

Join Lorna Bailey for BBC CWR's 'Fans' Forum Live' with special guests matchday announcer 'JD' and Coventry City fan John Dawkins.

The best part? It's completely free! Just drop an email to cwrsport@bbc.co.uk asking to join the ballot and they will notify you by Friday, 1 August if you've won yourself a place.

The event will be held at BBC CWR's Open Centre in Priory Place on Monday, 4 August at 18:00 BST.

Can't attend? You can listen live via BBC Radio CWR or catch up on BBC Sounds shortly after broadcast.

Coventry City, Derby County and Oxford United are interested in 32-year-old German defender Patrick Bauer, formerly of Preston North End. (SportsBoom, external)

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Josh Windass is set to undergo a medical at Wrexham on Monday after the 31-year-old English forward was released from his Sheffield Wednesday contract, with Coventry and Norwich set to miss out on his signature. (GiveMeSport, external)

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The goalkeeper situation at Coventry City is a hot topic at the moment when we cover it on the Sky Blues Fancast Live on BBC Radio CWR.

With Oliver Dovin out with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and still recovering, it looks likely the Swedish keeper will remain injured until at least November.

However, when he does return, who's to know whether he will pick up the form he was in before he got injured - and I think that's the worry among most Sky Blues fans.

Looking at the recent pre-season games, Frank Lampard has favoured Ben Wilson over Brad Collins, who did not feature at all in Wednesday's 5-0 loss to AS Monaco.

Collins came in for a huge amount of stick for his performances at the back end of last season. For me, it looks likely Wilson will be selected over him and we could well see Collins on his way out of the club.

It leaves the question as to who will be first choice for the start of the season, which is only a few weeks away.

There has been a lot of talk about multiple keepers joining the club; free agent Angus Gunn and Brighton stopper Carl Rushworth have been among those linked.

I always feel if the club decides to bring someone in on loan, there is usually an expectation from the loaning club that the player gets minutes for the team. This could become a problem when Dovin returns, as Lampard would have two first-choice goalkeepers to try to keep happy.

That is a future problem he may have to deal with.

I think a keeper will be brought in before the new season to become Coventry City's new 'number one' and Dovin will challenge for the spot upon his return from injury.

It's a good problem for Lampard to have.

Coventry City are interested in a deal for Brighton goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, 24, after the Englishman's move to Rangers appears to have been called off. (Coventry Telegraph), external

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"I'm not worried. There's still three weeks to go and I think they will get the right players in."

With Coventry City's pre-season getting into full swing, BBC Radio CWR's William Oelrich is joined by fans Matt and Danny to talk transfers, the new kit and assess the Sky Blues' promotion ambitions.

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Coventry City midfielder Jack Rudoni has been named the Sky Blues' player of the year.

The 24-year-old scored ten times for Coventry last season, with seven of those coming from February onwards, as well as providing 12 assists.

"Jack Rudoni won the majority of the awards voted for by official supporter clubs, and giving him the player of the year recognises the brilliant season he had," Sky Blues chairman Doug King told the club's website., external

Rudoni won the award in his debut year with the club after joining from Huddersfield Town in July 2024.

King told the website that the end of season awards had been postponed from its original slot in May and the decision had now been made to cancel it to focus on the season ahead.

He added that the club intended to host an end of season event at the conclusion of the 2025-26 campaign on a date to be fixed.

Will Oelrich is joined by the Sky Blues Fancast panel to discuss Haji Wright being pictured at pre-season training in Portugal, the history of the number 33 shirt and the latest instalment of Name That Game. The panel also discuss whether new signings are really needed, who should start in goal and whether there will be a Viktor Gyokeres windfall for Frank Lampard to utilise.

Listen to the latest episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Live on BBC Sounds.

Former Coventry City player Noel Whelan said that the club's strong form under boss Frank Lampard at the conclusion of last season will provide the backbone for a successful Championship campaign.

The Sky Blues were in 17th place when Lampard took the reigns following the departure of previous boss Mark Robins but finished in fifth, losing out on promotion in the play-off semi-finals to eventual winners Sunderland.

"The way they finished the season, it wasn't the silver lining they wanted after that really good push under Frank when he came to the club. They will want to carry on that form," Whelan told BBC Radio CWR.

"He's got a full preseason with them, new faces will come into the club which always lifts people's spirits and makes them push that little bit harder.

"I think Coventry will be quite happy with what they did at the back end of last season and know they've got enough players, enough talent within that squad, with a few arrivals, to really push a good challenge to get automatic [promotion] this year."

Listen to the full interview and more on BBC Sounds.

Coventry City, Norwich City and Southampton have all made contact with representatives of Belgian forward Adriano Bertaccini, 24. He plays for top-flight side Sint-Truiden in his homeland. (Coventry Telegraph), external

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