Coventry City manager Andy Thorn has said that losing Marlon King is not the end of the world.
Speaking to the CT after King's departure to Birmingham City on a three year deal, worth a reported £15k a week, Thorn said: "He's moved on but it's not like we've lost Wayne Rooney or Alan Shearer.
"Yes he would have been good for us with his goalscoring but the way things have been done, we are probably better off without him.
"As far as I concerned, we played Norwich who got promoted and he missed a hat-ful in a 2-2 draw, we played Reading at home and he missed a load of chances and never scored.
"We're not a one man team so I am not absolutely devasted and at rock bottom because I was half expecting it. On one level, I was surprised because he said he would stop but its not the end of the world.
"The world doesn't stop because Marlon King's left - there are plenty more fish in the seas that I have got my bait dangling by at the moment.
"Everything is in line and I've got different things bubbling away and ready to press the button on.
"I'll get someone in who will fit into the club and score goals for us. But I think Lukas Jutkiewicz will have a massive season for us I really do. The Duke was only three goals behind Kingy last year. I have got options to play Gary McSheffrey at centre forward and I have got ones I want to bring in.
"I was half expecting Marlon to go anyway and although I was disappointed I had prepared for it. I'm sure whoever we bring in will be young and hungry and that's what we are looking for because we have a track record of taking young players and improving them and the way we are going to play will improve us anyway."