"A revelation" - Coventry City urged to keep hold of midfielder rated "in the region of £15 million" | OneFootball

FLW's Coventry City fan pundit believes Jack Rudoni is the club's most prized asset.

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Coventry City have enjoyed a resurgence under Frank Lampard since his appointment in November, which has left them just one point adrift of the top six.

The Sky Blues have been in excellent form recently, having won six of their last seven games in the Championship, and now find themselves well in contention to reach the play-offs this season.

It seemed highly unlikely that Coventry would be in this position when they parted company with long-serving manager Mark Robins last year, but the appointment of Lampard has galvanised the squad and made promotion to the Premier League look like a real possibility.

Not only has Coventry's upturn in form given them hope of achieving promotion, but it may also have convinced a couple of their more influential players that they want to stay at the club, and also protected their value.

Coventry City have a few assets at the club

We asked our Coventry fan pundit, Chris Deez, who he thinks is the club's most prized asset, and if he had to put a price tag on their head right now, what it would be and why.

"At the moment we have actually got quite a few prized assets, which is really nice and makes a nice change," said Chris.

"A lot of our most influential players are attracting interest from pretty big European teams.

"I think we are probably going to lose Milan van Ewijk, especially if we do not at least push for promotion, while Haji Wright is another one. I think both of them are going to go for between £10 million and £15 million each.

"Ben Sheaf is always being lined up for big moves away as well, but I think the one I would be most upset about is Jack Rudoni.

"He is fantastic. He has been a revelation. We spent a fair bit to sign him from Huddersfield and there were doubts around him seeing as he had just been relegated with Huddersfield, and it was a lot of money to spend on someone who was 23 at the time, but he is by far our most creative player.

"He gets an assist in most games, really runs the midfield, is always pushing forward, always pestering defenders, so I really, really like Rudoni.

"As I say, he is now 24, he is English, so that already bumps his value up by at least a few million. I don't know if he is quite ready for the Premier League, but if we were to fall short of getting into the play-offs, I don't see why a team like Burnley, Sheffield United or Leeds wouldn't want to sign him if they failed to go up.

"£20 million is probably too hopeful, as I don't think he has had as much of an impact or influence as Gus Hamer did before we sold him to Sheffield United, so probably something in the region of £15 million is what I would be fairly happy with.

"Honestly though, I would rather keep the player, even for that amount of money."

Coventry will be desperate to win promotion

Coventry will be hoping they can win promotion to the Premier League, as it would leave them in a far better position to negotiate when other clubs come in for their key players in the summer.

Being in the top flight would mean the Sky Blues could command higher fees for their top players, while it would also potentially encourage them to stay at the CBS Arena for another season.

It should be an entertaining final few months of the season for Cov supporters, and even if they do fall short of winning promotion this season, the future looks promising for the club considering the assets they have in their squad.