Championship transfer news as rivals move for strikers previously on Coventry City’s radar

A striker who was linked with Coventry City last summer is set for another move, just 12 months after joining one of the Sky Blues’ Championship rivals.

Former Blackpool marksman Jerry Yates was on City’s radar this time last year after scoring 15 times for a second-tier side in 2022/23, sparking plenty of interest in the 27-year-old . Mark Robins, however, opted to sign Everton’s Ellis Simms, followed shortly by Turkey’s Antalyaspor’s Haji Wright – the pair scoring 38 goals between them (19 each) in all competitions.

Yates, meanwhile, signed for Swansea City for an estimated £2.5m but failed to match his previous season’s tally, scoring eight league goals and one in the FA Cup. Now, just a year into his three-year deal at the Liberty Stadium, Yates is “ready” to join newly promoted Derby County on loan.

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Blackburn Rovers, Queens Park Rangers and Stoke City have also shown interest, reports our sister title WalesOnLine.

It is not yet clear whether the Rams will have any option or obligation to buy built into the deal, but the report says the move is likely to be completed in the coming days and the Swans are understood to be working hard to bring another forward through the squad . door in the coming weeks.

One man who has been heavily linked is another striker who has been linked with interest from the Sky Blues in the past, Notts County’s Macaulay Langstaff, who was believed to have been watched by City scouts ahead of last January’s transfer window.

Swans boss Luke Williams is said to like the 27-year-old, largely due to their time together at Meadow Lane. However, several other clubs have been linked with his services, most recently Championship rivals Millwall, who, according to the South London Press, have been the subject of a formal bid for the striker who scored 29 goals last season for the League outfit Two. , coming off an incredible 42 while in the National League the year before.

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