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Bertola

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Young centre half from Man City, due for a medical today with us, but now going elsewhere in the Championship (probably linking up with Kompany at Burnley)

Coventry City narrowly miss out on signing Man City's CJ Egan-Riley

Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as Sky Blues narrowly miss out on a second central defensive target this summer
www.coventrytelegraph.net
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #2
Third option it is then…
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #3
Hope they are giving us some compo for wasting our time.

100 million will do.
 
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djr8369

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #4
Frustrating to miss out again.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #5
Nick said:
Hope they are giving us some compo for wasting our time.

100 million
will do.
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We also apparently had this with Clarke-Salter who played us off to get a better move elsewhere, I hope we haven’t set our sights too high
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #6
SlowerThanPlatt said:
We also apparently had this with Clarke-Salter who played us off to get a better move elsewhere, I hope we haven’t set our sights too high
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2 foot him early when we play them. Same with Burnley.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #7
Not too bothered by this to be honest. Sooner have this happen, than hanging on all summer waiting for something that falls flat at the eleventh hour and we have nowhere to go.
 
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Northeast sky blue

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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I'm assuming he's one of the two that were about to pop over the line
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #9
SlowerThanPlatt said:
We also apparently had this with Clarke-Salter who played us off to get a better move elsewhere, I hope we haven’t set our sights too high
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We should absolutely set our sights high.
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Londonccfcfan said:
We should absolutely set our sights high.
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Sure if you want to lose most of them to clubs with more money/ambition
 

Duffys Tetralogy

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #11
Frustrating to miss out on another player to a championship club.

Shows we just can't compete with half of this division with what we offer, although I suspect this comes down to style/connection rather than wages. Kompany tries to play like Pep apparently.

Fingers crossed targets 3 & 4 (Telegraph mentioned we're after 2 CB'S) come through.
 

Londonccfcfan

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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SlowerThanPlatt said:
Sure if you want to lose most of them to clubs with more money/ambition
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Typical. Cant win. Criticised if we do or dont.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #13
I think we should simply not try to sign any defenders with a double-barrel name
 
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Great_Expectations

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #14
SlowerThanPlatt said:
We also apparently had this with Clarke-Salter who played us off to get a better move elsewhere, I hope we haven’t set our sights too high
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MR isn’t Mowbray, we won’t end up in that mess again with one of the worst pre Dwain squads assembled.
 
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Hobo

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #15
Just because he is second centre back we have missed out on doesnt mean he was our 2nd choice.

We might have wanted this deal more than JCS?

As we are looking for 2 centre backs we might still be persuing our first choice - who knows?
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Great_Expectations said:
MR isn’t Mowbray, we won’t end up in that mess again with one of the worst pre Dwain squads assembled.
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He isn't but he also isn't going to half a dozen players in a list for a single position realistically
 
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edgy

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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I'd imagine this lad was in addition to JCS. Egan-Riley is a right sided CB.
 
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junglej13

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #18
fernandopartridge said:
He isn't but he also isn't going to half a dozen players in a list for a single position realistically
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Frustrating but at least it's early in the window. Also encouraging that Man City were willing to send him here.
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #19
Confirmed going to Burnley by Nixon
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Duffys Tetralogy said:
Kompany tries to play like Pep apparently.
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Lol

Imagine trying to make that Burnley squad play tiki taka.

I don't think they'll be up there next season.
 
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Duffys Tetralogy

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Hobo said:
Just because he is second centre back we have missed out on doesnt mean he was our 2nd choice.

We might have wanted this deal more than JCS?

As we are looking for 2 centre backs we might still be persuing our first choice - who knows?
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JCS was almost certainly first choice - if more down to already being here and doing well & known by the coaching staff above anything else.

I doubt Egan-Riley would've been so close if he wasn't next in line.
 

Evo1883

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Kompany isn't pep , and city will play a better brand of football than Burnley.

More successful? Doubtful , but better football , sure
 
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KenilworthSkyBlue

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #23
Always going to end one way once Burnley expressed interest. Onto the next.
 
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Duffys Tetralogy

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Liquid Gold said:
Lol

Imagine trying to make that Burnley squad play tiki taka.

I don't think they'll be up there next season.
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Agreed. Feels similar to Ismael at West Brom last year where they just won't have the players to implement the style the manager wants.
 
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Frostie

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Duffys Tetralogy said:
JCS was almost certainly first choice - if more down to already being here and doing well & known by the coaching staff above anything else.

I doubt Egan-Riley would've been so close if he wasn't next in line.
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Egan-Riley was wanted in addition to JCS
 

Hobo

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Duffys Tetralogy said:
JCS was almost certainly first choice - if more down to already being here and doing well & known by the coaching staff above anything else.

I doubt Egan-Riley would've been so close if he wasn't next in line.
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Trouble is too many thought because he was here it was a done deal? Also too many make a big thing about Viveash and Chelsea connections?

It clearly wasnt enough in JCS case and I dont think money necessarilly was the difference either.

I think location and the fact his old coach from his youth wanted to sign him were very big factors.
 
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Duffys Tetralogy

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Frostie said:
Egan-Riley was wanted in addition to JCS
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Not necessarily - we may have only had the budget for one, but we'll probably never know.

If he's been 'ready to drop' for over a month why did we delay? Maybe we moved the budget away from Egan-Riley when JCS became a possibility again, now we've moved it back and he's gone somewhere else too.

Again, pure speculation and we'll probably never know.

It's done now. I have trust in our recruitment team to find another player to fill the gap.
 
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WGABSOOS

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Duffys Tetralogy said:
Not necessarily - we may have only had the budget for one, but we'll probably never know.

If he's been 'ready to drop' for over a month why did we delay? Maybe we moved the budget away from Egan-Riley when JCS became a possibility again, now we've moved it back and he's gone somewhere else too.

Again, pure speculation and we'll probably never know.

It's done now. I have trust in our recruitment team to find another player to fill the gap.
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Or man City delayed it
 
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hamil99

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #29
The lads from Man city, he was probably happy to come here but when Kompany ( who you'd expect to be one of his idols growing up) showed interest he jumped at the chance. Cant blame him really, I don't see it as a negative on our club.
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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edgy said:
I'd imagine this lad was in addition to JCS. Egan-Riley is a right sided CB.
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also he's no the pl cb who has been on loan before that the itks mentioned as he hasn't been on loan before
 
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Frostie

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Duffys Tetralogy said:
Not necessarily - we may have only had the budget for one, but we'll probably never know.

If he's been 'ready to drop' for over a month why did we delay? Maybe we moved the budget away from Egan-Riley when JCS became a possibility again, now we've moved it back and he's gone somewhere else too.

Again, pure speculation and we'll probably never know.

It's done now. I have trust in our recruitment team to find another player to fill the gap.
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Egan-Riley is a RCB, we wanted him + JCS/A.N.other LCB.

The delay, as with nearly all of these loan deals, is with the parent club for various reasons - assessing options within their own squads, often tying them down to new deals, assessing potential destination clubs & their scenarios - how often will he play, what style of football, how much wage % are they contributing etc.
It was the same with JCS last season, we'd agreed the deal weeks earlier but he didn't join until season actually began as he featured in Chelsea friendlies etc.

But yes, we'll have plenty of irons in the fire, these things happen all the time just aren't always so well publicised. No need to panic yet.
 
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junglej13

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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David O'Day said:
also he's no the pl cb who has been on loan before that the itks mentioned as he hasn't been on loan before
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Think that was the striker target
 
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David O'Day

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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junglej13 said:
Think that was the striker target
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fair enough, he's still not the lcb people are panicing about him being
 

Frostie

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  • Jun 24, 2022
  • #34
Sounds like Burnley might have done a deal to take him permanently rather than just a loan.
 
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junglej13

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  • Jun 24, 2022
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Frostie said:
Sounds like Burnley might have done a deal to take him permanently rather than just a loan.
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Just read this. For £350k reportedly
 
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