Mark Robins gives a clear indication of the Coventry City midfielder’s future after a traumatic year

Mark Robins has given a clear indication of Coventry City midfielder Jamie Allen’s short-term future at the club. The 29-year-old has endured one of the most traumatic spells of his career over the past 12 months and, with just one year left on his contract, some have wondered if he faces a crossroads in his Sky Blues career this summer.

Allen was limited to just 14 starts during the 2023/24 campaign and missed 19 league games through illness or injury. The versatile player’s season got off to the worst and most worrying start possible when he suffered a heart scare last June as he prepared to return for pre-season.

A short spell in hospital was followed by extensive tests as he missed City’s warm-up matches and the first five games of the season. He made his debut at the end of September and, apart from missing two games in mid-October with a calf injury, enjoyed a decent run of 11 games in the side before slipping back to the bench, including three games as an unused substitute in late December and January.

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He captained the side for the 2-1 defeat at Norwich in early February but then suffered a second major blow in the 4-1 FA Cup fourth round replay against Sheffield Wednesday when he suffered a fractured cheekbones, which led to surgery and escaped. for another 12 games.

He returned to the team at the end of April when he was a late substitute in three of the last four games of the season, including a consolation goal – his only of the campaign – in the dying minutes. last match against QPR.

“Jamie has had a stop-start season, a stop-stop-stop-start season really,” said the Robins manager, who clearly sees the player as very much in his plans for next season, adding: “Hopefully that it will have a clear place. to get through the pre-season and get over it and be available for most of next season.

“And hopefully we can keep the majority of the squad together, the players we want to keep, the players who are under contract. And we’ll certainly be strong in that and try to add to the squad where we can to give us a better chance of getting results next season because we want to be in the top six next season.”

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