Coventry City, Spurs transfer 'doesn't make any sense' - Frank Lampard tipped to avoid fresh deal | OneFootball

Yang Min-Hyeok has endured a lack of game time since joining Coventry City on loan from Tottenham, following his Portsmouth stint.

Coventry City are set to win the Championship title and book their spot in next season's Premier League, but Yang Min-Hyeok has been unable to make his mark at the CBS Arena since joining on loan from Tottenham Hotspur in January.

The winger was on loan at fellow second-tier club Portsmouth earlier this season, and notched three goals and one assist in 15 league appearances for Pompey.

Yang hasn't been named in a Sky Blues matchday squad since making a cameo appearance as a late substitute in a 0-0 draw with Oxford United on 7 February.

His other two Championship outings for Coventry also came as a substitute in January's defeats against both Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City.

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Yang's only start for Frank Lampard's men arrived in January's 1-0 defeat to Stoke City in the third round of the FA Cup.

With the winger's lack of Championship involvement in mind, Football League World asked our Sky Blues fan pundit, Chris Deez, if his January arrival from Spurs has been pointless.

Deez told FLW: "We've made a lot of strange, underwhelming signings in the past, here at Coventry. But I think Yang has probably got to be right up there at the top as one of the weirdest.

"Just doesn't really make any sense. He was on loan at Portsmouth, doing fine. He'd not played that many games for them, he'd not exactly made an amazing impression, he'd not really lit the league on fire or anything, and their fans didn't seem particularly bothered when he went back to Spurs and then came to us on loan.

"And they've been in a relegation battle since, basically, the very start of the season, so you'd think that they would want somebody of, I was going to say his quality, but we've not really seen much of that at Cov.

"He hasn't been given much of a chance, in his defence. He was signed at the very start of the window, at the same time as (Romain) Esse from Palace.

"He didn't feel like a panic signing, more just he was there, he was available. We might as well have him rather than not have him, just in case we don't get anybody else in during the rest of the window.

"We ended up getting (Jahnoah) Markelo. He's not been played that much, but he's getting more of an opportunity than Yang has had. We're certainly not going to be making the deal permanent if and when we go up to the Premier League.

"I feel bad for the kid, because there's obviously a half-decent player in there, or else Spurs wouldn't be signing him, and having him in their academy, and loaning him out to get experience and minutes.

"It's probably going to be best for him to go out on loan to a League One team next season, or maybe a lower end of the Championship team.

"The poor lad barely even makes the bench anymore, so I don't think it's a case of he hasn't got the right attitude or anything like that, or that Lampard doesn't like him, because Lampard would have signed off on bringing him in on loan.

"I think it's just a case of bad timing. I think maybe last season, (or) the season before, he maybe would have played for us quite a bit, but we've just been so incredibly good, especially in attacking positions this season, it was always going to be a struggle for him.

"He wasn't brought in to be a first-team regular. He was brought in as cover, and he's stepped up when we've needed him to. He's done what we've asked of him.

"So, fair play to the lad. We'll thank him for that, and we'll wish him well, wherever he ends up next."

Yang Min-Hyeok's future could hinge on Tottenham's relegation fate

As alluded to by Deez, Yang's lack of involvement at Coventry this term suggests that he could be best-suited to joining either a League One side, or a team in the lower reaches of the Championship, on loan next term.

However, Tottenham's decision on the 19-year-old's future may hinge on whether the North Londoners achieve Premier League survival, or if they are relegated to the Championship.

Spurs' top-flight survival hopes took a major dent when they were hammered 3-0 by fellow relegation battlers Nottingham Forest in their last match before the international break.

Should Tottenham suffer the drop to the Championship, several players, who would frankly rather play in the Champions League, will want to depart North London.