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<\/p>\nCoventry City loan news from CoventryLive as Frank Lampard provides an update on the progress of development defender Callum Perry’s outstanding spell at non-league Rochdale<\/p>\n
Young Coventry City defender Callum Perry was training with Frank Lampard’s first team earlier in the season before being sent out on loan<\/p>\n
A young Coventry City defender who had already caught Frank Lampard\u2019s eye is making a name for himself during an outstanding loan spell.<\/p>\n
The Sky Blues<\/a> boss has revealed that centre-half Callum Perry \u201cwasn\u2019t far away\u201d from his first team when he was sent out to get vital senior experience to help further his development with regular men\u2019s football.<\/p>\n Sent out to National League promotion favourites Rochdale – who currently occupy top spot in the division – the 20-year-old has started all ten league games to date, playing the full 90 minutes in all but two and helping the club to an impressive eight wins and two draws, including five clean sheets.<\/p>\n FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! Get more Coventry City news and analysis via our FB page<\/a><\/p>\n Perry made such a good impression after his initial month on loan at Spotland that manager Jimmy McNulty moved swiftly to extend his stay until the end of the season.<\/p>\n Asked if it\u2019s an example of a perfect loan deal for both clubs, Lampard told CoventryLive: \u201cYeah, it\u2019s great and I\u2019m delighted for Callum. He\u2019s a really good lad.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was training brilliantly for us and we wanted to get him out on loan probably a bit earlier but, squad-wise, we couldn\u2019t. And that\u2019s always a difficult moment because training, training, training without playing proper games isn\u2019t ideal.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now he\u2019s gone out and I\u2019ve heard the reports about how well he\u2019s doing. A couple of lads have gone to watch him play a couple of games, so it\u2019s really, really great for him to get that.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cHe\u2019s a quality footballer, Callum, and it\u2019s doing him an absolute world of good. It\u2019s good to go on loan and play well and show that. It\u2019s not always the case, and he\u2019s done great.\u201d<\/p>\n As for getting used to the physicality of men\u2019s football rather than development games with players his own age, the head coach said: \u201cYeah, and for a centre-half in physical leagues, you know, like that\u2019s exactly what he needed and it\u2019s the right time. I haven\u2019t specifically watched any of his games but I\u2019ve read all the reports and seen how he\u2019s doing, and he\u2019s acquitting himself very, very well.\u201d<\/p>\n Perry still has a long way to go to make it at his parent club but asked how close he is to bridging that gap to get near the Coventry<\/a> first team, Lampard clearly has high hopes for the lad, saying: \u201cYeah, and he wasn\u2019t far away with us to be fair. The way he was training I wouldn\u2019t have had a feeling to not use him but we were very consistent with our back four early in the season and all those things, and obviously when you\u2019re fighting towards the top of the league it\u2019s quite critical and we didn\u2019t have a chance to see him play in this level of games.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd now that\u2019s why this has been so good because you see him make that step and show that he can do it. He\u2019ll be full of confidence, Callum, and he deserves it. As I say, he\u2019s a great lad to work with and a very good player.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked what sort of a player he is and the attributes he has, Lampard said: \u201cHe\u2019s very good on the ball for centre-half. I mean, his passing and how he handles the ball is a really high level.<\/p>\n \u201cI asked him quite early if he had played in midfield when he was younger, and he had because it looked like that.<\/p>\n \u201cSo he\u2019s moved backwards on the pitch and it\u2019ll be the physical nature of the game and he needs to learn how to deal with that. And I think he deals with it well.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWhen you look at him he\u2019s not six foot five, but he can play. He\u2019s tough, he\u2019ll put his foot in and he\u2019s got a little edge to him. He\u2019s a good lad.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the latest Coventry City headlines sent straight to your phone<\/p>\n Get the latest Coventry City news sent straight to your phone by joining our Sky Blues WhatsApp group. It’s a free service. You just need WhatsApp on your phones to participate. To join, just click here<\/a>, select ‘Join Community’ and you’re in. 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