Stephen Jennings, who is on trial with Coventry City after being released by Scottish side Motherwell, has been impressing the City manager Andy Thorn with his efforts in training.
The 27 year old midfielder is available on a free transfer, but arrived at Coventry not as fit as Thorn would have liked, but he is catching up with the rest of the squad and will play in the first pre-season friendly of the season at Hinckley United on Saturday.
Thorn told the CT, “He’s done well. He was a little behind on fitness but he’s working hard and playing catch-up. We like what we’ve seen so far and we’re looking forward to seeing him in a game.
“He’ll play at Hinckley tomorrow. I’m taking two teams and I’ll mix them up, so it won’t be a first team and a reserve team. It will be a mixture of senior players and the development squad boys.
Jennings will be joined by other players on trial with the Sky Blues, including two unnamed European players.
Thorn continued, “The new signings will play as well as a few trialists.”
He said, “They played 40 minutes each way and the tempo was really high, so I’m really pleased with how their fitness is coming on and the really pleasing thing is that the following day everyone came in and there were no reports of strains or pulls.
“It has been a really tough two weeks for the lads and we’ll complete the fortnight with a good workout at Hinckley and once that’s over we’ll be concentrating on more ball work.
“We obviously travel up to Scotland on Monday when we’ll have the three games up there to get plenty of pitch time into the players.”