coventry city Angers is one of the clubs pursuing SCO's Jacques Acomi for the summer.
Coventry City won promotion to the Premier League by winning the Championship and Frank Lampard is working on improving his squad for next season.
The Sky Blues are focusing on improving the left-back position despite having three players in the current squad.
Jay DeSilva has been Lampard's first-choice left-back, with Jake Bidwell and Miguel Angel providing cover for Bru.
The Spaniard has been on the sidelines since January and the 33-year-old Bidwell has been left as the sole backup to DeSilva. This coupled with promotion and Ekomei's performances may have prompted Coventry City to look at him.
Coventry City will provide competition
Back in January, Sport Witness broadcast news Trabzonspor had the left-back as backup to Sheffield United's Harrison Burrows. However, the Turkish club is not in his picture in the summer.
foot market Now State are making progress in their attempt to sign RC Strasbourg Jacques Ekomi.
The Bluco-owned club are facing 'threat' from England, with Coventry City 'very interested' and Nottingham Forest keen to sign the 22-year-old.
Hamburg SV has already watched the Gabon international and still maintains interest in him. Schalke joined him from Germany in search of his signature. Villarreal are also in the picture and this option, especially game-wise, appeals to them.
Given the interest from several clubs, Angers SCO leaders are 'already preparing to finalize' a major sale in the upcoming window.
The Ligue 1 side have given up on retaining Ekomi as it seems an almost impossible task for them. Their plan is to sell him for around €7-10m, in order to make a profit and believe this is easily achievable.
Coventry City are set to give other clubs stiff competition in the transfer race and only time will tell if they can convince them.
Contracts, stats and prices
Jacques Acomi played 33 matches this season and will have a year left on his contract in the summer.
transfer market He is valued at €7 million, and this is the highest valuation of his career so far. Last June, it stood at €800k and reached €1.5m in October before rising to €7m in March.
