Coventry City have hit back at comments made by Marlon King's agent that the striker has not agreed to sign a new deal with the Sky Blues, calling them inaccurate or ill-informed.
The Sky Blues put the following statement on their website on Friday night, hours after Director Leonard Brody had tweeted that City had the agreement of King that he was going to sign.
The statement reads: "Coventry City wish to state that they have had a double verbal agreement that Marlon King will be a Sky Blues player next season.
Chairman Ken Dulieu has a verbal confirmation from Marlon's friend and advisor while the player has also told manager Andy Thorn that he is looking forward to next season at the Ricoh Arena and is delighted to remain with the club.
The formalities of the deal will be concluded when Marlon returns from his summer holiday and we hope he will be a key member of Andy's squad for the coming season.
The club is aware of reports to the contrary but they are either ill-informed or inaccurate.”