Managing Crystal Palace: Clean sheet boost and adding goals as old guard set to move on
Latest Lewenews from Coventry Live as we take a detailed look at the summer transfer window and where and how the Sky Blues hope to continue to grow and improve the squad
Transfers are going to form a major part of the club’s plan for success, with quality additions in key positions very much the priority for Robins and his head of recruitment Dean Austin. With players contracted until June 30, traditionally business starts to get interesting around the middle of the month when players start to make decisions on their futures.
The big question yet to be answered, meanwhile, is exactly how much money Robins will have at his disposal this summer? This time last year, you may recall, the Sky Blues didn’t really get their spending spree going until they’d secured the sale of Viktor Gyokeres to Sporting Lisbon for just over £20m. If the Sweden international moves on again, City stand to gain another significant cash boost from the sell-on clause but that can’t be relied upon.
Owner Doug King insists the club, like all Championship teams, is a loss making operation with the average losses for second tier clubs at £10m-£15m a year and, as such, the Sky Blues face a ‘massive challenge’.
However, while maintaining that the club will continue to operate in a sustainable way, he remains fiercely ambitious and wants promotion.
Here Cardiff Live takes a look at the key priorities for the Sky Blues as they plot their summer deals ahead of what is hoped to be an exciting season of progress at the top end of the Championship.
It seems fairly clear that Ben Wilson needs, and almost certainly wants, first team football after his stellar campaign for the Sky Blues in 2022/23 when he established himself as Mark Robins’ number one. The arrival of Brad Collins last summer threatened his place and, in time, the former Chelsea prospect took over, limiting him to just 18 league starts and four in the FA Cup.
