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Coventry City are reportedly weighing up a summer transfer swoop for Nottingham Forest left-back Harry Toffolo

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As recently revealed by Football League World, Coventry City are reportedly weighing up a summer transfer swoop for Nottingham Forest left-back Harry Toffolo - who is expected to leave the City Ground on a free transfer when his contract expires.

The Sky Blues reportedly face competition from Championship rivals Norwich City for the 29-year-old defender's signature, with both clubs identifying the left-back position as an area in need of strengthening ahead of the 2025/2026 season.

Coventry City urged to not miss the opportunity of signing Harry Toffolo

FLW's resident Coventry City fan pundit, Chris Deez, is enthusiastic about the potential arrival of Toffolo - viewing it as a crucial piece of business for Frank Lampard's side as they look to build on from the disappointment of the play-offs.

"I’m really excited by us being linked with Toffolo, massively important that we sort out our left-back situation," Chris told FLW.

"Jay Dasilva has had a pretty solid season, Bidwell is a real fan-favourite, cult-hero, but he’s not got the legs to play multiple games a week - he’s a good defender but he’s not very good going forward - Dasilva is the opposite, he’s great going forward but he’s a bad defender - most of the time anyway.

"You don’t pass up bringing in somebody of Toffolo’s calibre, I’ve been a really big fan of his the last few years"

Harry Toffolo's wage could be an issue amid competition from Norwich City

Toffolo's current estimated wage - £35,000 according to Capology - is something that Chris thinks could be a potential stumbling block, although it's important to note that as of July 1, he will be on £0 per week.

Chris suggested: "I think we could maybe ask him to take a bit of a pay cut, if we could get him down to £20,000 - £25,000 ideally... I know that Norwich are also interested in him.

"I would like to think the allure of playing for Lampard first of all and the fact that we’ve finished the last couple of seasons really strongly.

"Wembley play-offs, into this seasons play-offs as well, I’d like to think that is more appealing than going to Norwich - who are such a weird and inconsistent team - they could probably just about afford to pay him more than us, I don’t know what their finances are like but absolutely I would love, love, love for him to come here.

"Fingers crossed, he’d be a massive signing."

Toffolo's potential availability comes after a challenging period at Forest where he's struggled for regular first-team minutes. Under Nuno - the defender has managed just one Premier League start this season - a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in April.

Norwich City's interest would perhaps stem from their need to replace Manchester City loanee Callum Doyle, but Chris believes their recent momentum and Lampard project could be the all-important deciding factors.