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FOOTBALL - Quartet of Coventry City players nominated for PFA Players' Player of the Year award

Aaron Sutcliffe 7 hours ago Updated: 4 hours ago   0

A QUARTET of Coventry City players have been nominated for the PFA Championship players’ player of the year award.

Sky Blues captain Matt Grimes, World Cup-bound Haji Wright, midfielder Jack Rudoni and goalkeeper Carl Rushworth feature on the shortlist.

Coventry make up four of the six players in the running for the award with Middlesbrough’s Hayden Hackney and Swansea City’s Zan Vipotnik also in contention.

Sky Blues skipper Grimes started all 46 of Coventry’s league games last season as City secured promotion to the Premier League as champions.

The midfielder scored two goals and provided two assists and led by example from the middle of the park this season.

Wright finished as the club’s top goalscorer with 17 goals in 32 appearances and third in the Championship’s goalscoring charts.




The American forward will head to the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer with the tournament to take place in the USA, Mexico and Canada.

Rudoni finished the campaign with seven goals and six assists in 30 games despite suffering with injuries throughout the season.


And on-loan goalkeeper Rushworth won the Championship’s golden glove award after recording 17 clean sheets this season.

The PFA awards ceremony takes place on Tuesday, August 25 in Manchester.

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