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<\/p>\nCoventry City aren’t even promoted yet but they are starting to be linked with Premier League players<\/p>\n
Brian Dick Reach Football Correspondent<\/p>\n
09:53, 19 Mar 2026<\/p>\n
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Ross Barkley has been linked with Coventry City<\/p>\n
Coventry City have been linked with a move for Aston Villa midfielder Ross Barkley.<\/p>\n
Website SportsBoom <\/a>claims Barkley \u2018could find a new home\u2019 with the Sky Blues<\/a> if they secure promotion to the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n Frank Lampard\u2019s side could step closer to that with another three points away to Swansea on Saturday evening<\/a> \u2013 and with every win they secure, so too the prospect of having to fortify their squad for a top flight campaign looms.<\/p>\n The report claims Aston Villa would be \u2018open to offers\u2019 for a player who has a year left on his contract \u2013 having returned to Villa Park in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n Barkley has also played for Everton, Chelsea, was on loan at Villa for the 2021\/21 campaign, Nice and Luton Town.<\/p>\n FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! Get more Coventry City news and analysis via our FB page<\/a><\/p>\n Indeed Lampard was Barkley\u2019s boss at Stamford Bridge with the midfielder playing 31 games in the 2019\/20 campaign, including off the bench in the FA Cup<\/a> final loss to Arsenal \u2013 a few months later he was sent out on loan to Villa.<\/p>\n Since working with Unai Emery, Barkley has made 45 appearances, 15 this season but only one Premier League start.<\/p>\n SportsBoom claim Wrexham could also be keen if they win promotion and that Sheffield United considered making a January move for the 32-year-old.<\/p>\n As things stand City have Matt Grimes and Frank Onyeka pulling the strings behind the attackers, with an obligation to make the Brentford man\u2019s loan permanent if they are promoted.<\/p>\n Victor Torp, Josh Eccles and Jamie Allen are also options in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n Would you be keen on a move for Barkley? Let us know<\/a><\/p>\n Every day, the CoventryLive football desk strive to deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of Coventry<\/a> City content.<\/p>\n Our dedicated reporter Andy Turner – who you can follow on X<\/a> – follows the Sky Blues home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between.<\/p>\n So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur – that’s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you’ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox.<\/a> You can also get all your favourite content from CoventryLive’s Sky Blues team on WhatsApp.<\/a> Sign up f or breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coventry City aren’t even promoted yet but they are starting to be linked with Premier League players Brian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2501,79458,218,30301,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-aston-villa-fc","tag-coventry-city-fc","tag-football","tag-frank-lampard","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}