Most football clubs, including Coventry City, prefer to keep their transfer business a closely guarded secret until the ink is dry on the deal, and then they shout new signings from the rooftops.Some managers are more open than others, but Mark Robins makes no apologies for keeping his cards closer to his chest than most when it comes to potential entries and exits in any given window. Interestingly, the Sky Blues boss revealed that recruitment responsibilities have changed, confirming that he is no longer at the forefront of signings, although he remains highly regarded.The change in focus came when asked by CoventryLive if the club have any interest, inquiries or offers for any of their players this month following recent speculation linking Ben Sheaf with interest from Luton Town?”Hmm, well, I won’t deal with that anymore,” he said, dropping a little bombshell.”Doug (King) controls it and he works closely with Dean (Austin, head of recruiting), so I think if that was the case, Doug would have said something when he spoke to the media this week. But I don’t don’t know. anything about it.”It was widely reported over the weekend that City had missed out on a very ambitious £6.5m bid for Argentina winger Benjamin Rollheiser, which was said to have fetched £9m. However, the 23-year-old turned down the Sky Blues and decided to join Portuguese giants Benfica instead.Although I knew he would probably not confirm or deny the truth of the story, I asked the manager if this was a sign of the club’s ambition, assuming it was true that they were currently looking for this type of market ; has the club’s recruitment drive been boosted by the money the club can now spend after selling high profile players last summer?”I don’t comment on that and I never comment on things that may or may not be,” he said, remaining keen on transfer speculation.Explaining his reasoning, he added: “It’s just not done because there are so many competitors out there who want to get stronger and why should we do all the work and then tell everyone. I don’t agree. should be done in-house.“Right now it’s hard when there are a lot of people involved and things can come up before they need to or should. I honestly think we should be able to take care of our business, doctors and bring them into the building and sign the contracts and then release them.” This is my and#039;ideal world and#039; the head So at the end of the day, I don’t want to explain it too much.”Itand#039;Of course, it’s rare for a club to be able to calm things down before an announcement. Victor Torp’s disclosure was as. close as it got. day, the deal remained a closely guarded secret until the day until the morning when City revealed all thanks to a leak from the Danish press.Suggesting that the club will continue to strengthen in the current window, which closes next Thursday night (February), he added: “We always trying to do things and make things better and that will stick.At the other end of the transfer scale, CoventryLive understands the club did miss out on 19-year-old Aldershot Town midfielder Josh Stokes this week, with the teenager signing for Bristol City instead. initially for £250,000 but immediately returned to being sold on loan to the club for the rest of the season.It was asked if City are actively looking to strengthen the younger end of the club and look for “future” in every pass. window, he said: “I think you look everywhere to try and get good players. I will never talk about individuals, but we cast the net far and look everywhere.“Although we do not have a mass recruitment department, they work overtime to bring information and names where they are and where they would fit into the club and the system. This is what is happening here.”It’s about the experience of the people there (in our recruiting department) and their eyes and understanding of what we have to do going forward.”Robins then confirmed that the club’s owner continues to maintain a fairly ambitious recruitment drive, having spent the last decade or so by club standards last summer.”I think Doug has bought it brilliantly and he’s running with it and he’s willing to back it, so that’s fantastic,” said the City boss, who finished by revealing how hands-on King is at the club.“He’s heavily involved with it and that’s something I think he likes and enjoys, and wants to get his teeth into. He’s working closely with Dean, and Dean is working hard with his staff to turn things around as quickly as we possibly can do. Like I say, there has been some good work gone on and that will improve with time as well.”.
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