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CHARLTON Athletic’s Leon Clarke has joined Coventry City on trial with a view to making a permanent switch next month.
He cannot play until the transfer window opens on January 1, but his imminent arrival prompts obvious questions about David McGoldrick’s future with the Sky Blues.
Manager Mark Robins declined to comment on the suggestion that Clarke has been lined up as a replacement for the on-loan Forest front-man, saying only: “We are planning for January.”
But it seems unlikely that the club are poised to give their fans a massive Christmas present by forging a dream partnership between McGoldrick, whose 16 League One goals for the Sky Blues have put him top of the division scoring chart, and Clarke, third in the list with 11 in 15 matches during his loan stint at Scunthorpe.
Two of those, the first a highly contentious penalty, condemned Coventry to a 2-1 defeat at the Ricoh Arena last month and underlined his match-winning potential but since launching his career with home-town club Wolves in 2003 he has turned out for 14 different clubs, most of them on loan.
He joined Charlton in January this year, but has made only one start and six substitute appearances for the Londoners who, intriguingly, are one of a string of Championship clubs who have been monitoring McGoldrick’s spectacular form.
McGoldrick has made it clear he loves playing for Coventry and would prefer to stay close to his Nottingham home but Charlton, for one, could outbid City in any contract negotiations.
And the Sky Blues should have an insight into the the Addicks’ intentions because chief executive Tim Fisher and development director Steve Waggott both used to work at The club
He cannot play until the transfer window opens on January 1, but his imminent arrival prompts obvious questions about David McGoldrick’s future with the Sky Blues.
Manager Mark Robins declined to comment on the suggestion that Clarke has been lined up as a replacement for the on-loan Forest front-man, saying only: “We are planning for January.”
But it seems unlikely that the club are poised to give their fans a massive Christmas present by forging a dream partnership between McGoldrick, whose 16 League One goals for the Sky Blues have put him top of the division scoring chart, and Clarke, third in the list with 11 in 15 matches during his loan stint at Scunthorpe.
Two of those, the first a highly contentious penalty, condemned Coventry to a 2-1 defeat at the Ricoh Arena last month and underlined his match-winning potential but since launching his career with home-town club Wolves in 2003 he has turned out for 14 different clubs, most of them on loan.
He joined Charlton in January this year, but has made only one start and six substitute appearances for the Londoners who, intriguingly, are one of a string of Championship clubs who have been monitoring McGoldrick’s spectacular form.
McGoldrick has made it clear he loves playing for Coventry and would prefer to stay close to his Nottingham home but Charlton, for one, could outbid City in any contract negotiations.
And the Sky Blues should have an insight into the the Addicks’ intentions because chief executive Tim Fisher and development director Steve Waggott both used to work at The club
