Exclusive: Coventry City set to join Derby County in transfer battle for Blackburn Rovers captain | OneFootball

The Rams no longer have a clear run at Lewis Travis

Coventry City are ready to join the transfer battle for Blackburn Rovers captain Lewis Travis, sources have exclusively informed Football League World.

The Sky Blues were left reeling at the end of their two-leggeed Championship play-off semi-final clash with Sunderland, losing out to a last-gasp extra time goal from the Black Cats to crush their promotion hopes.

Manager Frank Lampard is yet to make any major moves in the transfer market, with Spanish left-back Miguel Angel Brau the only confirmed new arrival so far from Granada on a free transfer, but it appears that the club may be looking for fresh midfield reinforcements.

Coventry City set to rival Derby County in Lewis Travis transfer pursuit

FLW has been told that Coventry City are the latest club to register an interest in Blackburn midfielder Lewis Travis, who has already been wanted by quite a few Championship outfits this summer.

We exclusively revealed earlier in June that Derby County manager John Eustace wanted to re-unite with the 27-year-old at Pride Park after managing him at Ewood Park, and they were said to have joined Wrexham in the running for his services.

However, as of last week, the Red Dragons' interest in Travis had cooled somewhat, leaving Derby in the clear at the time to make a play for Travis' services - that is until Coventry have now entered the mix.

Coventry have a number of midfielders who can operate in the deeper-lying roles that are under contract ahead of the 2025-26 season, such as January recruit Matt Grimes, who joined from Swansea City, club captain Ben Sheaf, who has one year remaining on his contract although the Sky Blues hold an optional extension in their favour, Danish playmaker Victor Torp and also home-grown Josh Eccles.

Regardless of this, Lampard is lining up a move for Travis to even further bolster his ranks ahead of the new campaign, although it remains to be seen if City will submit an official offer in the near future.

Lewis Travis' Blackburn Rovers contract situation as Coventry City enter transfer battle

Travis, who played 38 times for Blackburn in the Championship last season as they finished seventh in the table, has been at Rovers since 2014, just after he was released from Liverpool's academy.

Blackburn could be forced to cash in on their captain this summer though, as they are embroiled in a contract saga with him - he has just one year remaining on his current deal in Lancashire.

It was recently reported by Alan Nixon that Blackburn were "struggling" to get Travis to commit to a new contract despite one being on the table, and this summer would perhaps represent their last chance to get a fee for his services, given the fact that if his current situation continues, the engine room operator could negotiate a pre-contract arrangement in January 2026 with a non-English club.