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FRANK Lampard has just over a week left to put the final pieces of his Coventry City squad together. 26 Aug 2026 - Coventry Telegraph By ANDY TURNER The Sky Blues have done a fair bit of business so far with nine signings to date to the tune of in excess of £100million but there are arguably still holes to fill to ensure there’s the strength in depth to give the club the best possible chance of competing and staying in the Premier League. Here we take a look at the summer window so far, what’s been said and what still needs to be done before the close of business at 11pm on Tuesday, September 1. After a slow start to their summer spending, the Sky Blues have had an incredibly busy August with the arrival of seven new faces to add to last season’s two loan signings – Frank Onyeka and Carl Rushworth – who have returned to the club on permanent contracts. The signings are: Frank Onyeka (£5.9m,brentford) Carl Rushworth (£22m, Brighton) Aurele Amenda (£15.3m,frankfurt)  Loum Tchaouna ...

SKY BLUES BOSS REMAINS POSITIVE AS HE SAYS THE AIM NOW IS TO IMPROVE... 24 Aug 2026 - Coventry Telegraph FRANK Lampard has called their opening day defeat against Arsenal a ‘learning curve’ but not a season defining one. Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka scored in the first half before Martin Odegaard added a third as the Gunners – who last season ended their 22-year wait for the Premier League crown – cruised to all three points on Friday night. Coventry were back playing in the Premier League for the first time in a quarter of a century and manager Lampard hailed his side’s resilience after they conceded three times in 49 minutes. “It was a tough game against a high-level opposition,” he said. “They were best team in the league last year and they showed it and played like it tonight. For a lot of our players, it was their Premier League debut. “We didn’t like the result, but it can happen here and they will show that against a lot of teams. “It is a big learning curve for the players but t...

22 Aug 2026 - Coventry Telegraph By BRIAN DICK THREE thousand Coventry City fans made the 100-mile, 25-year journey to the Emirates Stadium last night mindful of – but in truth not too hung up on – their curtain-raiser’s result. In fact the Sky Blues struggled against the home side as Arsenal turned on the style winning the game 3-0. If ever an opening fixture said ‘Welcome back to the Premier League’ a show-piece appointment away to the reigning champions was it. And if ever a match contrasted with the Sky Blues’ last top flight game, a 0-0 draw with Bradford City at Highfield Road in May 2001, this was also it. Having laid waste to the Championship last season, Frank Lampard’s men stepped blinking back into the Premier League spotlight. The stage could not have been any higher nor the lights any brighter. They did so with those 3,000 in the ground but with one hundred times that number in their corner, albeit further afield. They also did so with the eyes of the world, admittedly mos...

Frank Lampard heads to the Emirates tonight,  guaranteed the support of the Sky Blue Army FRANK Lampard takes charge of his first Premier League match in three years when he leads newly-promoted Coventry City against reigning champions Arsenal tonight. "Having been through the challenges for good and for bad in my managerial career,  I think it puts me in a better spot."    - Frank Lampard 21 Aug 2026 - Coventry Telegraph By BRIAN DICK The eyes of the world will be on the Emirates Stadium in the season curtain-raiser, a fixture that pits a Gunners team that bludgeoned its way to the title just a few months ago, against a Sky Blues side that was the cream of the Championship. While City will be playing their first top-flight fixture in a quartercentury, their manager will be ending his own, rather shorter, absence from English football’s top table. Lampard left nothing to prove in his magnificent playing career but it is fair to say his last Premier League match as ...

Taiwo Awoniyi’s Premier League know-how  will be a big asset to the Sky Blues "When we looked across our recruitment idea,  we wanted to bring in some Premier League experience."    - Frank Lampard 21 Aug 2026 - Coventry Telegraph By BRIAN DICK FRANK Lampard insists Coventry City did their due diligence on striker Taiwo Awoniyi ahead of his £9 million transfer from Nottingham Forest. The 29-year-old made the short trip across the Midlands earlier this week and brought an end to a four-season career with the Reds. In the last two campaigns he made just six Premier League starts , with Chris Wood ’s renaissance and his own fitness struggles not helping on that front. But Lampard says he hopes to capitalise on the Nigerian’s desire to make an impact: “We have done that absolutely, and I’m not concerned about it,” he said. “I think sometimes where we are, we’re trying to bring in players in the Premier League, there’s a reason why Taiwo leaves Nottingham Forest to com...