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The Sky Blues have been pushing hard to buy 23-year-old Barnsley defender Liam Kitching but have already had two bids rejected by the League One club. City initially went in with a £2.5million bid, rising to £3m, but then tabled a latest bid of £4million which was knocked back on Thursday, with the Barnsley Chronicle claiming the club are holding out for £5m.
Robins says he’s personally spoken to his transfer targets, making it all the more frustrating if a player wants to come but their club don’t want to sell. Put to him that following the club having had a high profile bid of £4m rejected, whether there comes a point where Coventry hit a ceiling and move on, the manager told CoventryLive: “Of course, that’s natural.
Barnsley are reported to want £5million for defender Liam Kitching but it remains to be seen whether Coventry City will shell out that much for the defender
Mark Robins insists that he still wants to sign two new players today to complete his Coventry City rebuild for the summer transfer window.
However, club owner Doug King has today gone on the record to say that he’s only expecting one more deal to add to the ten done so far by the Sky Blues.
Robins wants a left-sided centre-half and dynamic central midfielder before close of play at 11pm tonight. The club had a revised £4million bid for Barnsley defender Liam Kitching rejected on Thursday, with City pushing to get their final bits of business done in the domestic market rather than Europe or further afield due to the logistics of getting medicals completed in time.
Doug King have revealed that he hopes to get just one more new Coventry City signing by tonight’s 11pm transfer window deadline.
Sky Blues boss Mark Robins has wanted at least two more players, requiring a centre-back and central midfielder to complete his new-look squad, but it appears he may have to settle for just one more.
City have been trying to buy Barnsley skipper and defender Liam Kitching and are understood to have had a latest bid of £4million rejected for the player on Thursday.
Asked if he’s hoping to make any last minute signings today, club owner King told BBC CWR: “I think it has been a transitional window when we have had a lot of business to do and it hasn’t been easy. At the last count, if you take Vik and Gus out of our squad, nine have left, 11 have gone and ten have come in, and when you look at it I know the manager looks at numbers and feels he’s a little bit light.
Coventry City are said to have had a £4m transfer bid for Barnsley captain Liam Kitching rejected.Sky Blues have already brought in eight permanent signings this summer.
Jay Dasilva arrived on a free transfer from Bristol City, striker Ellis Simms signed for an initial £3.5million from Everton and Tatsuhiro Sakamoto joined for £1.5m from Oostende.
Barnsley defender Liam Kitching has been the subject of a bid from Coventry City(Image: Mick Atkins/ProSports/REX/Shutterstock)Transfer deadline day is here and it remains to be seen whether it’s set to be a busy day at Coventry City.
Sky Blues boss Mark Robins has made ten summer signings to date and stated that he would like two more to complete his summer rebuild, with a dynamic central midfielder and left footed centre-half his targeted positions to strengthen with today’s clock ticking down.
Deals have proved hard to get over the line all summer and these last two pieces of the jigsaw are proving to be no different as City look for the required quality to take the team to the next level rather than settling for second best to make up the numbers.
The club have been linked with a number of players in recent weeks, with Barnsley’s Liam Kitching understood to have been on Robins’ central defensive wish list, having had bids rejected by the League One club. The Tykes appear to be standing firm, determined to retain their 24-year-old skipper and only the next few hours will tell whether Coventry will attempt to test their resolve with an improved offer.