The Coventry City Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Coventry City did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ethan Pinnock raises the bar for Coventry City
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Coventry City heard it as anything else.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Chadi Riad is a medical away from Coventry City
The deal with Crystal Palace is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ethan Pinnock in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Coventry City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Shea Charles
Coventry City asked and Southampton said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Coventry City promote Nathan Mitchell from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Mitchell has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Coventry City promote George Hunter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Hunter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luke Woolfenden signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Luke Woolfenden commits to Coventry City for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
12 new faces, and Coventry City are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Transfer targets Coventry City ask about Kévin Keben
- The dugout Loum Tchaouna knocks on the manager's door
- Squad A season on the outside for Loum Tchaouna