Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as Sky blues fans give their opinion on the prospect of Matty James making a return to the club

Coventry City fans, in the main, have given their seal of approval for Mark Robins to dip into the free transfer market and draft in midfield cover in the form of former loan man Matty James.

The 33-year-old is training with his old club Leicester City after being released by Bristol City, whom he spent three seasons with following an impressive half season loan spell with the Sky Blues in the second half of the 2020/21 Championship campaign.

James played 23 league games and scored three goals for Mark Robins during one of their exiled seasons at St Andrew’s without fans, due to the pandemic. Robins attempted to sign the experienced midfielder in the summer of 2021 but he opted to join his former Foxes’ boss Nigel Pearson at Bristol City instead.

Now looking for a new club, James has been working on his fitness at Leicester while helping to coach some of the newly promoted Premier League club’s young players in return for the favour from manager Steve Cooper, who said: “Matty is keeping fit and offering a bit back to the younger players. I think he’s waiting for his next club but that’s not for me to talk about.”