Coventry City have completed their 10th signing of the summer transfer window with Frank Lampard adding an experienced Premier League defender to his squad
Ethan Pinnock signs for Coventry City
Ethan Pinnock has signed for Coventry City(Image: Coventry City FC)
Coventry City have announced the signing of Ethan Pinnock from Brentford. The Sky Blues have paid £5million plus £1m in add-ons for the 33-year-old Jamaican international.
Pinnock, 33, has signed a three-year contract with an option of a further 12 months, and is set to be part of Frank Lampard's squad for Saturday's Premier League home game against Hull City.
Speaking following his move to the Sky Blues, Pinnock told the club website: "I'm really excited to join Coventry City and continue my footballing journey with this great club.
"After 25 years, the Club are back in the Premier League, and I know how much it must mean to everyone involved with the Club and the supporters. I can’t wait to be part of it.
"I'm really looking forward to getting to work and I can't wait to meet everyone and represent this football club, especially at the Coventry Building Society Arena."
Pinnock is Coventry's 10th signing of the summer and takes the club's spending to £127.5m. Caleb Yirenkyi, Carl Rushworth, Sidiki Cherif, Loum Tchaouna, Aurele Amenda, Taiwo Awoniyi, Gustavo Hamer, Frank Onyeka and Daniel Bentley are the others to have joined the Sky Blues in the transfer window.
Born in Lambeth, London, Pinnock has amassed more than 500 career appearances and is poised to bring some much-needed Premier League experience to Lampard's defence.
He had spent the previous seven years at Brentford, with five of those in the top flight. In that time, Pinnock has featured 216 times, scoring 12 goals, and has helped cement the Bees as an established Premier League outfit.
But last season, Pinnock's game time was reduced with the ex-Barnsley centre-back making just eight top-flight appearances with Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg and Kristoffer Ajer among those above him.