£2.5 million Leading Coventry City: Increasing the number of goals and maintaining the clean sheet as the veteran gets ready to step down

Coventry City’s recruitment plans are expected to begin taking shape in the upcoming weeks between now and the end of August. The summer transfer window is open.

The Sky Blues will likely be quite busy as Mark Robins looks to bolster his team and add players after the team almost missed the play-offs the previous season. The goal is to create a more formidable bunch that can step up and mount a prolonged fight for promotion in the upcoming campaign.

From now until the registration window shuts at 11 p.m. on Friday, August 30, City will be able to sign players. Raphael Borges Rodrigues, a 20-year-old winger from Australian A-League side Macarthur FC, has already been added to the roster for an undisclosed amount.Naturally, Robins also has Ephron Mason-Clark, another wide player, in the building after he agreed to a deal with Peterborough United during the January transfer window.

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A significant component of the team’s success strategy will involve transfers, with Dean Austin, Robins’ head of recruiting, and Robins placing a high premium on adding quality players to critical positions. Players are under contract until June 30, so normally, around the middle of the month, when players begin to consider their futures, things start to get interesting.

The key query that still has to be addressed is the precise amount of money that Robins will have available to him this summer. As you may remember, the Sky Blues didn’t start their spending binge until they had completed the little over £20 million sale of Viktor Gyokeres to Sporting Lisbon at this time last year. The sell-on clause gives City the potential to earn a substantial financial increase should the Sweden international go once more, although that is not guaranteed.

Season ticket sales, which have already exceeded the 19,500 total from the previous year with over 20,000 sold before Wednesday’s Early Bird deadline, will provide a respectable amount of funding. Along with the money generated from the FA Cup run, which will have totaled more than £1 million (£450,000 for quarter-final winners and £500,000 for semi-final losers in addition to prize money for the third, fourth, and fifth rounds), the most recent Sky TV agreement will also be beneficial.

Owner Doug King maintains that the Sky Blues face a “massive challenge” since the squad, like all Championship sides, is a loss-making enterprise, with second-tier clubs often losing between £10 million and £15 million annually. He insists that the club will carry on running sustainably, but he still has high aspirations and wants to be promoted.

In anticipation of what should be a thrilling season of advancement at the top of the Championship, CoventryLive looks at the Sky Blues’ top goals as they plan their summer contracts.

In lieu of Callum O’Hare

It appears obvious that O’Hare is on his way, even though Robins joked with the well-liked offensive midfield player on the last day of the season that he wasn’t giving up on him. The majority of supporters are resigned to the possibility that the 26-year-old, who spent five years with Aston Villa on loan before moving for free, will leave as a free agent.

Naturally, Kasey Palmer came up into the number ten position at the end of the season, frequently ahead of O’Hare, but the management will want two players to be vying for the spot. Therefore, City will already be looking for a different playmaker.Some players seem to suit the bill, such as Jack Rudoni of Huddersfield Town, but a reputed £10 million price tag is claimed to have “put off” the Sky Blues, who are rumored to have moved their focus elsewhere.

Alan Browne of Preston, who has mostly played as a ten for North End but isn’t necessarily a technical flair player, has also been linked to City. The 29-year-old is available on a free agent, provided he declines a respectable contract offer from the Lilywhites. At this point in the process, a deal like that seems far more possible, freeing up O’Hare’s salary for any new hires.

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Gus replacement is still required.

The fact that City didn’t really replace Gustavo Hamer during the previous season was a hot topic. Despite being recruited in during the January window, Victor Torp is not the same player, and it seems that Robins is still very much in need of a deep-lying playmaker.

Connor Barron, a highly regarded Scotland Under-21 international whose contract expires this summer, has been extensively connected to the club.

Although Swansea and the Sky Blues are reportedly “keen,” the 21-year-old Aberdeen midfielder has been offered a new deal. This is according to our sister publication, the Daily Record. According to the source, Bologna has also added to the increasing number of Italian teams considering a summer transfer for the midfielder, who could be signed for somewhat more than £500,000 in training compensation. Barron allegedly already has pre-contracts in place.

Ben Sheaf—stick, twist, or both?

Ben Sheaf is one of the Sky Blues’ most important players in Mark Robins’ and most supporters’ eyes. With Liam Kelly’s departure, the management is anticipated to designate the 26-year-old midfielder as the team’s new captain. But like Gyokeres and Hamer before him, the former graduate of Arsenal has drawn interest from a number of teams, including relegated Luton Town and Fulham of the Premier League, who will be hoping to immediately return to the top flight.

One wonders whether City would be inclined to cash in at the right price for one of their most marketable assets so they could use the money to keep restocking a changing roster. Of course, all of that could rely on Sheaf’s own goals. In a perfect world, he would receive an offer for a new, long-term deal, accept it, and serve Coventry by assisting the team in advancing. However, if the proper team comes knocking, a less patient player might be eager to transfer sooner, in which case the Sky Blues’ hand will probably be pushed.

As previously said, unless the club earns a windfall from the sale of Gyokeres, it seems unlikely that King will be throwing millions around this summer. It is more probable that hiring will be done carefully.