Hartson completes Coventry move

13 April 2012

Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson is looking for John Hartson to score the goals that could preserve the club's Premiership status after the on-off transfer was finally completed today.

Hartson has joined the Sky Blues from Wimbledon after the deal had twice previously collapsed and was training with his new team-mates today.

The one-time Arsenal player is set to make his debut against another of his former clubs in West Ham at Upton Park on Monday.

Coventry are understood to have agreed a unique pay-per-play deal with the Dons for 25-year-old Hartson after the £5million transfer collapsed last week because the Sky Blues could not obtain insurance cover for the move.

It had originally fallen through when Coventry striker Cedric Roussel declined to move to Wimbledon in part exchange for Hartson who had seen previous moves to Rangers and Tottenham collapse on medical grounds.

But Richardson is delighted that Coventry have finally got the player who is set to link up with his Welsh international colleague Craig Bellamy in attack.

Hartson will join a club in desperate need of a lift as they are five points adrift of the safety zone in the Premiership and struggling to preserve their 34-year stay in the top flight.

Richardson said: "We can confirm that the John Hartson deal has been completed and are delighted that he is finally joining us. We have agreed terms which are private between both parties.

"We have been creating many chances in recent weeks and not converting them and hopefully John Hartson can rectify that situation.

"I also think that Craig Bellamy will benefit from having John Hartson alongside him."

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