‘Prem player’ – Coventry City heading for renewed tansfer interest that wouldn’t surprise Frank Lampard
Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as Sky Sports presenter ponders Milan van Ewijk’s future in wake of January
David Prutton has suggested that Milan van Ewijk faces an uncertain future at Coventry City if the club fail to gain promotion this season.
The Sky Sports ELF presenter says the Dutch full-back is a Premier League standard player and insists the Sky Blues would be in line for a decent cash boost if he was the subject of a successful bid and sold in the summer.
The 24-year-old was linked with interest from Fulham and Turkish giants Galatasaray in the January transfer window, and while head coach Frank Lampard insisted the club didn’t receive any bids, he did admit that he wasn’t surprised about speculation surrounding such a “good player”.
Asked about the reports in January, Lampard said: “He’s an attacking full-back and with all the natural attributes he’s got I think he can get even better as well because there will and are things we work on with him to improve all the time. So it’s no wonder when he’s playing this way that teams will look at him.
“But with Milan, there certainly hasn’t been any bids. I would have been told that (if there had been) and maybe it’s just that he’s a good player.”
Whether he will be the subject of renewed interest in the summer remains to be seen, and former Sky Blues loan player turned TV host and pundit, Prutton, said: “Milan van Ewijk is at a good age and has a decent-sized length of contract. Any movement means, hopefully, from a Coventry City point of view, that they are well remunerated, but also losing a player of that stature weakens their bid to get into the Premier League, although that could be a completely different proposition if we’re talking about a side who is a Premier League team come the start of next season given how well Frank Lampard has done since taking over and the form they’re in.”
Speaking exclusively to Football League World, he added: “It’s imperative they get a good price. You’ve also got to take into account the wishes of the player, but fundamentally, he is tied to that club, and he has done very well since he’s been there, so I think time will tell for that, but at 24, with a decent ability to get forward on a football pitch and the athleticism and quality on the ball he shows, then potentially, there is a Premier League player there.”
