Lampard And Coventry City Cannot Attract Foden – Clinton Morrison

Coventry City manager Frank Lampard cannot sign Phil Foden next summer, Clinton Morrison has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Admitting that some bold transfer shouts are made on the back of securing promotion into the Premier League, he stated that some top players will still be impossible for the Championship winners to sign, despite Lampard’s reputation.

Clinton added that he expects Coventry to be able to land names like Ross Barkley and other similar players with EPL experience.

His words, “Yeah, that Phil Foden’s not happening. He’s going to sign a new deal at Man City, so there’s no chance. Frank’s got good contacts, but I don’t think he’ll be getting that.

But I could see someone. I saw them linked to Ross Barkley, so you never know someone like that. He’s got Premier League experience as well and he’s been around. I think there’ll be a lot of players that they’ll be shopping for with the Premier League experience. I think you need that.

When you go from the Championship up to the Premier League, you need at least five or six players that have known the Premier League and got the experience. Coventry have got a good team with some good, exciting players in there, but they will need Premier League experience. So some people like Ross Barkley, probably a few Premier League experienced centre-backs.

I’m not saying this could happen, but you look at John Stones – but I feel John Stones will go to a top four or five team.

But John Stones, with his experience, going into someone like Coventry, and he’s out of contract, leaving Man City, you’re thinking, what a signing that would be. So that’s where you’ve got to be shopping. I don’t think they’ll get John Stones, but those sort of Premier League experienced players that know the league inside out.

Yeah, 100%. That is a great point you make.

I think with Frank’s connection and what he’s done and the people he knows and playing in the Premier League and the clubs he’s been at, and players that he knows, he’ll definitely be shopping and having conversations with people in the summer. He’s probably having conversations now, because their season is over.

With agents and stuff, they’ll try and get their business done early. With the World Cup, it’ll probably be hard to get your business done because a lot of players that you might be interested in, or other players, will be on holiday or be at the World Cup.

But what Frank will want to do is not start the season with the same group of players. He’ll want to bring in at least a few players and then the window will still be open and try and make a few more signings so he can integrate them into his team for pre-season.

I’ve said it loads of times, I think Coventry, out of all the teams that will get promoted, are the best fit. If a team is going to survive, it could be them, because of Frank, the people he knows and the players that he can attract to that football club.”

WOW.