Coventry City manager Tony Mowbray has said that he is positive that the players he wants to sign will sign.
The City boss has targetted a number of players and told the Coventry Telegraph's Andy Turner: “We have identified footballers that we’d like and I hope that it’s because they are good players that they have got options and are not necessarily in a rush to commit themselves, if that makes sense.
“But I’m really positive that if we get them then we’ll have a really good go at it this year. Let’s wait and see. We want to stick to our targets. If they don’t come off then we have to look again but there are no more Joe Coles lined up to sign.
“Agents are throwing a million names at the positions we’re trying to fill and yet I’d rather go for the players that we have identified and looked at,” said Mowbray, who is having to be patient as his preferred players weigh up their options.
“If we can get these three, or get this back four or do this or that with the midfield then I’ll be happy and then you can go to war, almost, with the ones you want.
“If you don’t get them then you start to wonder whether such and such is going to fit the bill or get someone in to have a look at them in pre-season.
"Sometimes you can push too hard. “Sometimes players wants answers and, as I have done, you end up saying ‘no.’
“The agent might ask you if you’re going to sign him because if not he’s going to so and so and sometimes you just have to say, ‘that’s fine, let him go’ and wish them good luck.”
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