Rotherham United ace linked and more: Every Coventry City transfer rumour so far this month

.Coventry City have picked up four points from their opening three Championship games and are sat in 10th place in the table.

They have until the end of the transfer window on Friday 1st September to conclude any final bits of incoming or outgoing business. Mark Robins’ side have been linked with a move for defender Jonathan Panzo following his loan spell from Nottingham Forest last season, as per the Sunday Mirror reporter Darren Witcoop, but face competition from Cardiff City and West Brom.

The Sky Blues have seen a bid rejected by Barnsley for centre-back Liam Kitching, according to a report by the Barnsley Chronicle. The ex-Leeds United and Forest Green Rovers man has been named as the captain at Oakwell for this campaign after helping them reach the League One play-off final last term.

Coventry are said to be keen on signing Callum Styles from the Tykes as well. As reported by Alan Nixon on his Patreon page, the former Millwall loan man has emerged on the radar with Bristol City also mentioned as a potential suitor.

Robins is believed to be interested in luring Rotherham United defender Cameron Humphreys to the Coventry Building Society before the end of the month. TEAMtalk report Swansea and League One side Derby County are in the frame as well.

The 24-year-old, who is a product of the Manchester City academy, joined the Millers only 12 months ago and has become a key player for the South Yorkshire outfit.

Elsewhere, Charlton Athletic are considering a swoop for Fankaty Dabo following his exit from Coventry at the end of June, as per London News Online. He is weighing up his next move as a free agent.

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On 20th August 2019 midfielder Michael Rose scored a last-gasp equaliser for Mark Robins‘ team as nine-man Sky Blues staged an incredible comeback to draw 3-3 with Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Fifty under a thousand representatives of the Sky Blue Army in the 18,748 crowd went home ecstatic at the unlikely fight-back after being 2-1 down at half-time and 3-1 soon after.

For this trip they wore a new away kit of Red shirts and Blue shorts (as worn by Tommy Hutchison on the cover of the ‘Football’ Magazine) and it proved quite lucky! City’s new £240k centre half from Liverpool, Larry Lloyd was a towering presence in the heart of the City defence and the Sky Blues stand-in goalkeeper (now CCFPA member) Neil Ramsbottom played a blinder making seven crucial second half saves

member Dennis Mortimer got the first goal on 21 minutes, buried from 25 yards from a John Craven cross. Almost inevitably Franny Lee, on his Rams’ debut levelled the scores on 68 mins after Steve Powell‘s shot was blocked. The 1-1 draw was justice for both sides’ endeavour.

The Sky Blues that did duty that day under floodlights were (current CCFPA members are underlined):

Neil Ramsbottom, Peter Hindley*, Chris Cattlin, Dennis Mortimer, Larry Lloyd, Alan Dugdale, John Craven* (sub. Mick Coop), Brian Alderson*, Colin Stein, David Cross and Tommy Hutchison

Sadly the asterisked City players (*) have since passed away

Dave Mackay‘s Rams team lined up as follows:-

Colin Boulton, Ron Webster, David Nish, Bruce Rioch, Peter Daniel, Colin Todd, Steve Powell, Archie Gemmill, Roger Davies, Kevin Hector (sub. Jeff Bourne) and Francis Lee