Callum O’Hare has revealed exactly when he’ll be ready to “start talking” to Coventry City about the prospect of renewing his contract. The Sky Blues have opened negotiations with their star attacking midfielder who has been out for ten months with an ACL injury.

The 25-year-old is in the last eight months of his current deal and will be able to walk away as a free agent next summer if he doesn’t sign a new contract. Club owner Doug King gave an update on the situation to a BBC fans’ forum earlier this week, saying: “We know where he is in his contract situation and clearly we really rate him – and we’ve opened discussions and we’ll see how that all unfolds.”

O’Hare received a rousing reception from the Sky Blue Army when he made his comeback from the bench at Rotherham on Wednesday night and is again set to feature among the substitutes when City entertain West Brom at the CBS Arena on Monday night, with an Under-21s game against Fleetwood Town also pencilled in for him to play in on Tuesday at the stadium.

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“I have missed the fans so much,” he said, speaking at Friday’s pre-match press conference ahead of the clash with the Baggies.

Asked about his contract situation and to what extent he’s spoken to the club, he said: “I haven’t spoken to the club much about anything. I said to my agent, ‘listen, I’m injured and all I want to do is focus on getting back fit and playing and then when I am back fit then we can start talking properly.”

Asked about his love for the club, he insisted: “Yeah, of course, I love it here but all I am thinking about is getting fit. You wouldn’t understand unless you’ve been out injured. All you want to do is just play football and so when you’re in the gym every day you are not thinking about a contract, you’re just thinking about playing football. And now I am back I just want to focus on playing in front of the fans again.”

Pressed on the issue by CoventryLive and asked if it’s a case of him wanting to weigh up his options, he said: “Honestly, I am not going to lie, I just spoke to my agent and said all I want to do is focus on me coming back fit and try to be the same player, or even better. So once that happens then we can start talking normally about things. But that’s all that’s been in my head, just getting back fit.

“I obviously came on at Rotherham on Wednesday but I am still not properly there yet and I just want to keep getting some minutes and playing games and then we can start talkin