The Coventry City Gazette
Market24 Aug 2026
Not going: Josh Eccles stays at Coventry City
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Notts County had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market24 Aug 2026
Jake Bidwell hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Coventry City can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
Coventry City say no — this time
The offer from Northampton Town for Liam Kitching was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Rodrigo Bentancur will not be coming to Coventry City
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Tottenham is saying, and nobody at Coventry City is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Coventry City rebuffed over Lukáš Horníček
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Newcastle United have kept their man, and Coventry City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Loum Tchaouna
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jay Dasilva makes it 200
200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Jay Dasilva was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 18. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match22 Aug 2026
Coventry City rescue it on 90 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 90. Queens Park Rangers had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Coventry City
- Player ratings Loum Tchaouna takes the honours
- Match Haji Wright rescues a point for Coventry City