FOOTBALL – Coventry City to play German sides Werder Bremen and SV Darmstadt 98 in pre-season friendlies
COVENTRY City will play Bundesliga side Werder Bremen one week before the start of the 2024/25 Championship season.
The Sky Blues host four-time German champions Bremen on Saturday, August 3 with the game to kick-off at 3pm at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
Werder finished ninth in the Bundesliga last season and missed out on European football on goal difference.
Bremen are the first overseas team to make the trip to the CBS Arena since Coventry hosted Udinese and Espanyol back in 2007.
That comes after City head to Germany to play SV Darmstadt 98 on Saturday, July 27 at the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Darmstadt suffered relegation from the Bundesliga last season following promotion the previous year.
The club will confirm ticket information for both fixtures and a kick-off time for the Darmstadt match in due course.
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The Advertiser understands the Millers are in a three-way fight to sign the 34-year-old Coventry City man and a decision from him is expected by the end of the week.
Kelly has made 180 appearances for Coventry since joining them seven years ago.
He skippered the Sky Blues to promotion from League Two in 2018 and from League One in 2020.
A creative play maker, Kelly started his career in his native Scotland with Kilmarnock and played for Bristol City, Oldham and Leyton Orient before ex-Rotherham boss Mark Robins took him to Coventry and made him one of his main men.
Out of contract this summer, Kelly played 19 times last season and had been speaking to the club about a new deal. He will now end his career elsewhere after his release, with Rotherham one of the possibilities.
