The January transfer window is just around the corner, and Frank Lampard will be looking to put his own stamp on the Coventry City squad in a bid to help the Sky Blues move up the Championship table.
It’s been a tumultuous campaign so far for the Sky Blues and long-serving manager Mark Robins was sacked in November and replaced by Lampard, who has enjoyed a decent enough start at the CBS Arena without setting the world alight.
However, the January transfer window will provide the ex-Chelsea manager with the chance to bring in his own players while offloading players who don’t feature in his plans, and a good January could lay the foundations for a strong second half of the season.
It looks like the remainder of the 2024/25 campaign will be a transition period for Coventry, but supporters will demand better than what they’ve seen so far this season.
With that in mind, here are the players Coventry should prioritise signing in January.
Neither Oliver Dovin nor Brad Collins have been able to nail down a starting place in Coventry City’s starting XI this season, and they could do with an experienced goalkeeper until the end of the season before reassessing the situation in the summer.
Marcus Bettinelli is currently at Chelsea, where he is way down the pecking order, and perhaps Lampard could ask his old side for a favour and sign the 32-year-old on loan until the end of the season.
With 137 Championship appearances under his belt, Bettinelli would provide Coventry City with an experienced head in goal and solve the current dilemma between Dovin and Collins, with neither player overly impressing this season.
Of course, Bettinelli isn’t a long-term solution, but it would solve a potential headache between the sticks for the rest of the season, and the former Fulham shot-stopper still has plenty to give at Championship level.
