The Coventry City striker cut short his contract as he leaves the Sky Blues for Austria

Coventry City have parted ways with another young development player despite hopes of closing the gap on the first team. CoventryLive understands that the Sky Blues have terminated the contract by mutual consent of midfielder/attacking performer Evan Eghosa, who has now signed for Austrian second division side Floridsdorf Athletic Club.

The 18-year-old signed his first professional contract with the Championship club last summer, with the two-year contract set to run until July 2025. But that deal was cut short by 12 months.

City released other under-21 players Dermi Lusala and Bradley Stretton in May, both of whom were named when the club published their retained list, including players who have been released. Since then, another promising development player Marco Rus has left to join Ayr United, with the 21-year-old signing for the Scottish Championship side for an undisclosed fee earlier this month.

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There was a huge hint that Eghosa’s time at City was coming to an end when he was allowed to go on trial at Norwich City and was part of the Canaries’ development side’s 4-1 win at Aston Villa, continuing as the second half. substitute.

Now, however, the teenager has moved abroad. The Austrian Ligue 2 side said in a statement over the weekend: The former Austria U17 international moves from English Championship club Coventry City’s youth team to Hopfengasse and has signed a contract until 2026 plus an option for another year. .

FAC Sport Director Lukas Fischer said: Evan is an exceptionally talented young player who has already gained valuable experience in England. With the long-term contract, we want to show that we have a clear plan for him and we want to give him the opportunity to take the next step in his career through us using the FAC platform.”

Eghos said of his move: “I thank God that this great new challenge appeared at FAC. FAC has put a lot of effort into me. That made my decision to move to Floridsdorf easier. I am looking forward to showing what I am capable of in Austria and I will do everything I can to help the team as best as possible next season.”

So what happened to the young striker who seemed to be progressing nicely?

He joined the club three seasons ago and quickly rose through the ranks at The Alan Higgs Center to become a regular for John Dempster’s Under-21 side, helping the young Sky Blues to two Cup finals and spending last summer training with the first team under the watchful eye of Mark Robins and his coaches.

After participating in pre-season and playing in three senior friendlies against Forest Green, Shrewsbury Town and MK Dons, he was rewarded a month later with a two-year deal, after which he said: “I’m very happy , thank you! It was great and I’m very grateful. My faith was a big part of it too, so I have to thank God first. I’m grateful to be here and to have signed my first professional contract.”

He added: “Training with the first team was a great experience. I could see where the levels were. That inspired me to push. “Working with the first team coaches Dennis (Lawrence), Adi (Viveash) and the Gaffer was really good. They were with me and talked to me: which was so good for my development as well.”

Asked at the time what his targets and goals were for the 2023/24 campaign, he said: “My aim now is to get more first-team exposure. I played a lot of under-21s last season but now I want to be around the first team and push myself into the manager’s mind. I want to continue now and develop, those are my goals.”

Something has clearly changed in the last 12 months and the two sides have decided to go their separate ways.

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