COVENTRY, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: A flag with the Coventry City club badge on is waved ahead of the Sky Bet Championship between Coventry City and Rotherham United at The Coventry Building Society Arena on October 25, 2022 in Coventry, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)
Coventry City transfer news from CoventryLive as the Sky Blues are reported to have expressed an interest in taking Anfield prospect on loan this January
Coventry City are claimed to have been among a number of Championship clubs who attempted to sign marauding Liverpool full-back Owen Beck. The 21-year-old had been earning rave reviews on a season-long loan at Dundee until an injury crisis at Anfield saw manager Jurgen Klopp triggering the Reds’ recall option.
The attacking left-back made 20 appearances in all competitions for the Scottish Premiership side and his impressive form earned him a first senior Wales call-up in October. The Athletic report that several Championship clubs – including Coventry City, Stoke City, Millwall and Hull City – along with a handful of League One teams, enquired about taking him on loan for the second half of the season. “Those approaches were rebuffed,” says the article.
The Sky Blues, of course, already have two competing left-backs in Jake Bidwell and summer signing Jay Dasilva, although Beck is understood to be comfortable playing a higher wide role – a position Dasilva has been deployed in a couple of times in recent weeks.
It is also claimed that Scottish giants Celtic and Rangers have expressed interest in the Wrexham-born player, who started out at Stoke and switched to Liverpool’s Academy as a young teenager.
Beck might have been part of Klopp’s matchday roster for the FA Cup match against Arsenal last weekend, except for a one-encounter suspension stemming from bookings he incurred while participating in the Scottish League Cup group stage against Bonnyrigg Rose and Inverness Caledonian Thistle in July.
He was, however, named in the matchday 20 for Liverpool’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Fulham last week, when he was an unused sub. And he may well get to make his senior debut in the FA Cup towards the end of the month when the Reds face Norwich City in the fourth round.
