Coventry City given 76 names who could help put Frank Lampard back in the Premier League
CoventryLive brings you the Premier League players who spent last season out on loan and could do so again in 2025/26
Coventry City have yet to secure their first signing of the summer transfer window.
However, with Frank Lampard’ s contacts and Doug King’s ambition there is hope the Sky Blues can add the remaining pieces to a team that twice in the last three seasons has come so close to promotion to the Premier League.
A key component of squad building is loan players, not an avenue Coventry went down at all last term, although the previous year they did adopt a ‘try before you buy’ stance with Luis Binks. Yasin Ayari also arrived in the summer of 2023 but did not make an impact.
All of which was a stark contrast to 2022/23 when the likes of Callum Doyle, Josh Wilson-Esbrand and Luke McNally came.
As the Sky Blues begin to plot their transfers for next season, here CoventryLive brings you the 76 loans that have now ended and may well be let out on loan again next term.
Goalkeepers
Mark Travers (Middlesbrough from Bournemouth)
James Beadle (Sheffield Wednesday from Brighton)
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It’s certainly been a rollercoaster opening season in Coventry City colours for frontman Norman Bassette.
Arriving from French second tier side Caen in August 2024, many would have hoped the then-teenager would be the next superstar of the Championship, but it’s been anything but for the Belgian.
Despite being lauded by Mark Robins at the beginning of last season, Bassette only made two starts before his dismissal, but gained a fresh start under Frank Lampard.
Bassette would go on to be a regular under the ex-Chelsea icon in the early stages, featuring prominently at the beginning of November through to the turn of 2025.
But heading into the second half of the season, minutes really dwindled, with single-minute cameos off the bench occurring against the likes of Bristol City, Blackburn Rovers, Swansea City and Watford.
After his short introduction in South Wales at the start of February, Bassette would feature just four more times for the rest of the term, casting serious doubt about whether he has a future under Lampard.
With such a lack of game time over the last few months, Bassette has been touted for a move back to his homeland this summer, with Standard Liege and Anderlecht reportedly interested in securing his services.
With this in mind, FLW’s Coventry City fan pundit has issued his thoughts on what Bassette’s future looks like in a Sky Blues shirt.
Coventry City advised to negotiate Norman Bassette loan exit rather than permanent switch
Speaking to Football League World, our Coventry City fan pundit Chris Deez, has admitted that Bassette may have to leave the club in order to gain regular game time, but would prefer a loan exit over a permanent switch altogether.
Deez said: “Norman Bassette is a really weird one. From the little glimpses we’ve seen of him, he’s got the fire and the passion that you want to see from your players, he annoys and winds up the other team, goads them into fouling him.
“Frank Lampard has only had good, positive things to say about him, how much he likes him, his attitude and his desire. But then the lad has barely got on the pitch, and it doesn’t make sense when you look at how poorly our strikers performed, especially in the second half of last season.
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