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Coventry fans react as they sign Arsenal midfielder Ben Sheaf on loan

Dom Toner

Fri 4 September 2020 10:15, UK

Coventry City have completed the loan signing of Arsenal prospect Ben Sheaf – and some of the club’s fans on Twitter are delighted to sign him.

Newly-promoted Championship side Coventry announced on their that they have signed the 22-year-old on a season-long loan deal.

The Sky Blues also stated that the deal includes the option to make it permanent next summer.

Sheaf is a product of the Arsenal academy and he’s played in two first-team games for them during his career, but has been unable to make a serious breakthrough.

The defensive midfielder had a brief spell with Stevenage a couple of years ago, but had a real breakout season last year during a loan in League One with Doncaster Rovers, playing 38 games across all competitions.

He’s a deep-lying midfielder that is great in possession and helps dictate play for his side, so it will be intriguing to see how he copes with the step up to the second-tier in English football.

A selection of Coventry supporters on social media are delighted to welcome Sheaf to their club and they came up against him last season when he was at Doncaster.

Here are some Coventry fans discussing their new loan signing:

Announce playoffs

— Callum (@CallumBergin)

Worth the wait, welcome Ben. A great signing

— Rob Jones (@RobJonesPUSB)

Great business 👏💙

— Aidan (@aidan_ccfc)

Announce promotion

— Barnsey (@barnsey__15)

Get in…welcome to 💙

— iißteveJoneßii ➐ (@iiSteveJonesii)

Our recruitment team are so smart. Loan with an option to turn it permanent is very smart. Welcome aboard Sheaf. Another defensive midfielder was what we needed and we’ve got it.

— Cameron Cairns (@CameronCairns87)

Welcome lad, work hard and you’ll succeed

— lee beckett (@lee_beckett)