Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues reporter Andy Turner assesses how the squad looks after the mid-term window
After insisting on Tuesday night that the team would not be making any in-coming acquisitions, Coventry City manager Mark Robins attempted to pull another rabbit out of Doug King’s hat with a surprise on deadline day. The Sky Blues boss wasted King’s money on Ephron Mason-Clark, a talented winger who has scored 15 goals and provided seven assists in 30 games across all competitions for the Posh this season. The 24-year-old forward joins on a four and a half year contract for an undisclosed sum, but City has reluctantly agreed to loan the player back to the promotion-chasing selling club for the remainder of the season, so Sky Blues supporters won’t see him.
Along with Victor Torp, he is the only new player the team has signed in January. Kyle McFadzean, Yasin Ayari, and Tom Costello have all left the CBS Arena, while teenage attacker Justin Obikwu has gone to Grimsby Town on loan. What state will Mark Robins’ team be in going into the last few months of the 2023–24 season, given that they have 17 games left to win in order to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year? Sky Blues reporter Andy Turner evaluates the circumstances here.After acquiring ready-made talent in Victor Torp, who has made two memorable appearances and scored a breathtaking goal on his debut, the team is definitely stronger. Although he still needs to gain strength after missing six weeks due to the Norwegian winter break, the 24-year-old Dane has stepped right into the starting lineup and looks the part. He looks after the ball, is self-assured, and has an eye for goal. In addition, he is a superb set-piece performer and at a great age—not a raw, fresh-faced teenager, but still young enough to continue growing.
Ephron Mason-Clark is another example of proven quality added by City, albeit with an eye towards the long run because the player can’t help the team push for the playoffs. The attacker, who is also 24 years old, has shown his mettle in League One and will give City’s attack a thrilling new facet next year. His primary role is that of a left winger, which should give Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, on the right, the ideal counterbalance.
Haji Wright has been used in that capacity thus far, but Mason-Clark’s summer arrival will give Robins more choices and competition on that side of the pitch, possibly opening the door for Wright to be used down the centre. One of the top players for Peterborough,
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