Coventry City suna kusa da kammala sanya hannu na rekodi a kulob ɗin yayin da mai tsaron gida Carl Rushworth ke shirin dawo Coventry Building Society Arena a yarjejeniyar da ake ba da rahoton kuɗin £22.5 miliyan — tare da ƙarin ƙarin da zai iya tura jimillar zuwa £30 miliyan.

Rushworth ya kasance ɗan wasa da ba ya rasa wasa ga Sky Blues a lokacin da suka lashe gasar Championship a 2025-26, yana taimaka wajen kawo ƙarshen shekaru 25 na rashi daga manyan gasar. Manaja Frank Lampard ya sa sanya hannu da mai tsaron gida na dindindin a matsayin fifiko, kuma Rushworth ya kasance ɗan takara na gaba koyaushe. Brighton & Hove Albion, kulob ɗin sa na asali, sun yi shawarwari tsawon makonni da yawa kafin su cimma yarjejeniya wanda zai iya haɗa tanadi na sake sayarwa da zaɓi na sake siya.

Kalubalen da ke fuskantar kulob da suka haura

Yanayin Coventry yana nuna matsalar da ta saba ga kulob ɗin Championship da ke hawa zuwa Premier League. Mai kulob Doug King ya bayyana a fili cewa ba ya son kulob ya zama ƙungiya da ke sama da kasa tsakanin rabe-raben. Wannan buri, duk da haka, yana buƙatar saka hannun jari mai tsanani kafin rufe tagogin canja wuri na bazara.

Rushworth shine na biyu a jere wanda ya karya tarihin canja wurin kulob, bayan ɗan wasan baya Aurele Amenda. Daraktan wasanni Dean Austin ya kuma tabbatar da ɗaukar hankali na dindindin na ɗan wasan tsakiya Frank Onyeka — wanda ya yi tasiri yayin aro daga Brentford a rabin na biyu na kakar — yayin da Loum Tchaouna ya isa daga Burnley wanda ya fadi.

Ƙungiyar da ke buƙatar ƙarfafawa

Dare da Coventry ya lashe kambun Championship da nasara mai ban sha'awa 5-1 akan Portsmouth, Lampard ya fitar da Liam Kitching da Bobby Thomas a tsakiyar tsaron, Milan van Ewijk da Jay Dasilva a matsayin ɗan gefe, Matt Grimes da Frank Onyeka a tsakiyar filin tare da Jack Rudoni, tare da Ephron Mason-Clark da Romain Esse suna tallafawa Haji Wright a gaba.

Tchaouna yana wakiltar ingantaccen canji na ɗabi'a a kan Esse a cikin layin gaba, amma Austin da Lampard suna ci gaba da nema masu tsaro — musamman ɗan tsakiya da zaɓi na hagu wanda zai iya fafatawa don matsayi na farawa a Premier League. Ana kuma buƙatar ɗan wasan da ke kai hari na biyu, tun da Haji Wright da Ellis Simms ne kawai ɗaliban gaba da aka amince da su a cikin jerin sunayen a yanzu.

Kulob ɗin yana fuskantar daidaito mai kyau. Coventry dole su ƙara ƙwararrun 'yan wasa na Premier League na gaske ba tare da rushe haɗin kai da takamaiman ƙungiyar da ta kai su haura ba. Kashewa kawai ba tare da dalili ba ba zai isa ba — ɗaliban da ke shigowa dole su wakilci ingantaccen matakin inganci na gaske.

Idan isowar Rushworth shine babban yarjejeniyar da magoya bayan ke fata, zai iya zama na farko kawai na jerin tarihi da Coventry za su buƙaci karya kafin kakar ta fara. Sky Blues suna kan kololuwa — amma ainihin aikin a kasuwar canja wuri ya fara ne kawai.