Premiership: Nilsson set for Coventry job

Roland Nilsson will be appointed Coventry's permanent player-boss 'within the next day or so' according to club chairman Bryan Richardson.

The Sky Blues have been transformed since Nilsson took over from Gordon Strachan.

Strachan parted company with the club last month after a stuttering start to the season in Division One.

City are unbeaten under Nilsson, having won four and drawn three of the seven games for which he has been in charge.

Richardson is now prepared to reward the 37-year-old with the job on a full-time basis.

He said: "The situation is very clear now. We sat down yesterday and talked and I would think within the next day or so we will announce that Roland is to be the full-time manager."

Nilsson's appointment was widely expected to be a stop-gap measure, but such has been the success he has had, Richardson decided to look no further for the club's new manager.

"I wanted to see if hopefully Roland would be successful. I thought he always could do that role particularly well and I'm delighted to say he's made that choice easy."

Richardson refused to lay any blame at Strachan's door for the faltering start.

"We've had a very good relationship with Gordon and he had been with us for six years and was very hard-working. But sometimes you just need change for change's sake.

"It's a strange thing that happens so often, you make a change and people brighten up and feel a bit fresher about things.

"I've always felt we've got enough players to do extremely well in the First Division."