Coventry City are tracking League Two star Jacques Maghoma who could become manager Steven Pressley’s first signing subject to the club coming out of their current transfer embargo.
Despite the restriction, the Telegraph understands that the City boss is pressing ahead with talks with several targets and it has emerged that the pacy Burton Albion left winger is high on his list.
The 25-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur trainee has had a sensational season with the Brewers with whom he scored an outstanding 18 goals to help them into the play-offs, where they suffered heartbreak at the hands of Bradford City.
The player, who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was named in the 2012/13 League Two Team of the Year and is currently out of contract at the Pirelli Stadium and available on a free transfer.
It is believed Maghoma’s representative has spoken to City but he will have plenty of offers from other clubs at League One level and the Championship as he looks to build on his best season of his career to date.
Albion boss Gary Rowett inherited the wide man, who had shown enough flashes of his talent in his previous three seasons, but got the best out of the charismatic figure who scored some wonderful goals, terrorised defences and topped the assists table, further endearing himself to supporters with his passionate outbursts via social media.
Maghoma was also voted Players’ Player Of The Year by his team-mates and took the “Golden Boot” award for top goal scorer at Albion’s end of season awards, where he was also a prominent contender for Goal Of The Season after scoring a superb long-range effort against Leicester City in the Capital One Cup.
And although Albion fans and Rowett would love to keep their key player it is generally accepted that he is likely to end his four-year spell at the club and move on this summer.
Signing League 2 players to make a League 2 team in front of League 2 crowds, though at a League 1 ground I suppose.
This a joke? I think he'd be a very good signing.
That Maghoma has had a storming season and is attracting interest all over, besides, just because a player came from the league below, doesn't mean he's not good enough i.e. any non league player who's done well in the FL (Austin), or Pilkington to Norwich (came from L1) and our very own Baker (kinda, Morcombe signed him from NL) - I'm going to assume that was a joke though.
This a joke? I think he'd be a very good signing.
That Maghoma has had a storming season and is attracting interest all over, besides, just because a player came from the league below, doesn't mean he's not good enough i.e. any non league player who's done well in the FL (Austin), or Pilkington to Norwich (came from L1) and our very own Baker (kinda, Morcombe signed him from NL) - I'm going to assume that was a joke though.
Surely most transfers are.but at this moment in time it's a risk
Pressley, time we get out embargo only wingers that be left be 35 yr old with dodgy hamstring so dont get to excited...
He would be a good signing but we aren't going to get him. By the time our embargo gets lifted all the decent out of contract players within our range will go elsewhere.This a joke? I think he'd be a very good signing.
That Maghoma has had a storming season and is attracting interest all over, besides, just because a player came from the league below, doesn't mean he's not good enough i.e. any non league player who's done well in the FL (Austin), or Pilkington to Norwich (came from L1) and our very own Baker (kinda, Morcombe signed him from NL) - I'm going to assume that was a joke though.
Perhaps Isaac Osbourne's not looking so bad now.
yes that more like it him on the right and erm where mcindoe nowadays??
Signing League 2 players to make a League 2 team in front of League 2 crowds, though at a League 1 ground I suppose.
Too right as obviously no player from the lower leagues has ever made it at a higher level.
Perhaps Isaac Osbourne's not looking so bad now.
Wouldn't put it past us to try and convert him into a pacy tricky winger!
shut the fuck up brighton, you dont have a clue about this sport.
I'm all ready to go "BANG, BANG, BANG"
Signing League 2 players to make a League 2 team in front of League 2 crowds, though at a League 1 ground I suppose.
Moronic comment.
Have we not learnt about slagging off lower league signings yet? Our best signings in the last decade have all come from leagues lower than we were in.
Fox
Dann
Westwood
Keogh
etc
Highlights just how poor an appointment Pressley is.
Highlights just how poor an appointment Pressley is.
Pressley wants a pacy winger:thinking about:
He may have the speed,but he has to be able to cross the bloody ball too.
ask John Williams
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