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£120m spent and 11 new signings: Assessing Coventry City’s biggest ever transfer window

The transfer window has finally closed and, looking at the numbers, at first glance it seems wholly positive for Coventry City.

02.09.26, 08:40 Updated 02.09.26, 08:42 5 Minute Read

Rich Chamberlain

Rich Chamberlain

The transfer window has finally closed and, looking at the numbers, at first glance it seems wholly positive for Coventry City. Eleven players signed.

More than £120m spent.

If you'd offered that at the end of May, I'm sure the majority of Sky Blues fans would have snapped your hand off. And yet there is still a sense of disappointment among some supporters that Coventry didn't do more.

We have spent more than many of us could ever have expected and yet, somehow, it still doesn't feel like enough. Why? Let's take a look.

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Rich Chamberlain

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.

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