CONOR COVENTRY’S LOAN spell at Peterborough United has been cut short by his parent club.
Coventry joined the Posh on a season-long loan in August, but West Ham United have exercised the recall option following the opening of the January transfer window.
The diminutive midfielder, who’s currently the captain of the Ireland U21 side, made 12 Championship appearances – only four of which were starts – for Peterborough.
“It was unfortunate that he did not get more minutes, but he was a fantastic professional and I enjoyed working with him,” manager Darren Ferguson said. “I wish him all the best in the future.”
London-born Coventry has had three first-team outings for West Ham in the Carabao Cup since progressing through the Premier League club’s youth academy.
The 21-year-old is contracted to the Hammers until the summer of 2023.
Diageo not give them a dig out.
Oh, that’s right they are as Irish as Michael flately, beejaysus.
Drink local, support local
When people wonder why there are so few players produced in Ireland, this is why.
@Mogh Roith: can you elaborate?
I am from D12, one of soccers heartlands in Dublin, but in 2022.. no sport or club will survive with out a under age set up …James Gate never had this in my day …
@Exiled Dub: agreed. You need a feeder of some sort..expecting to pick off the best players once they move on from underage is not a viable strategy
Should serve as a warning to a few once big sides. If they don’t partner up with a schoolboy section they risk going defunct in a few short years. There are a few LSL sides that have a great history but are on their last legs.
And partnerships have to work both ways so they need to be bringing something to the table.
There are too many clubs in city’s and the country in general , if a guy can’t get a game with a club he will leave , he is not prepared to fight for his place anymore , this is just one problem . Also the standard of schoolboy player coming through is not of a standard to push for a place in a decent side , and if they are ? Then the academy’s will snap them up and promise them Loi football . These are only two problems outside of the obvious ones , which I won’t go into here .