How Coventry City are attacking the Premier League

Go up, spend £155m, defy predictions, and then defy them some more by finishing seventh to become just the fifth promoted side in the Premier League era to play European football the following season. That was the Sunderland way, a route many clubs would love to follow, more so because promotion success stories have become scarce, with the Black Cats and Leeds United the first promoted teams to avoid relegation since the 2022-23 season. But Sunderland’s blueprint will not be replicated by Coventry City, who are back in the Premier League after 25 years away. The Midlands club are determined to do it “the Cov way”, and while parts of that identity are in place, they are still a work in progress going into their trial by fire. Three transfers, more to follow Coventry have already signed Swit