Two strikers, two very different signings: How Awoniyi and Cherif could transform Coventry City's attack
15.08.26, 21:05 Updated 15.08.26, 22:24 5 Minute Read
Rich Chamberlain
Premier League centre forwards are like London buses. No, not intimidatingly large, cumbersome and painted red – you spend all summer waiting for one and then two come along at once.
It’s been quite the Saturday evening. A few hours ago, reports came, pretty much out of nowhere, that Coventry had agreed a deal to sign Nottingham Forest attacker Taiwo Awoniyi. Famed transfer tweeter Fabrizio Romano gave it the old here we go treatment, saying that the 29 year old is all set for a medical to seal the deal.
As if that wasn’t enough excitement for one night, less than an hour later, reports claiming to confirm yesterday’s suggestions that the club were also in for Fenerbahçe’s Sidiki Cherif started coming in from reputable sources.
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Rich Chamberlain Rich is a lifelong Coventry supporter and the author of several books about the club, including When The Sky Was Blue, Benno: My Life in Football and Sky Blue Fall.