Following hot on the heels of club captain Lee Carsley, defender Ben Turner and midfielder Carl Baker, big striker Clive Platt has now come out in support of the signing of Marlon King.
In what is beginning to look like an organised public relations exercises to swing public opinion in favour have the controversial striker on board a succession of City players are coming out in support of the King the player, rather than King the man.
The latest player speaking in favour of King is fellow striker Clive Platt. who said to the CT: "Some people reckon we're rivals for the same shirt, but we've proved to ourselves in the past month, while Marlon has trained with us, that we can play together. We've had two full games behind closed doors and they went well."
"Marlon's a great talent, but neither of us can take anything for granted with Freddy Eastwood, Gary McSheffrey and Lukas Jutkiewicz ready to step in."