Coventry City playmaker Marco Rus has completed a permanent move to Scottish Championship side Ayr United ahead of the 2024/25 campaign, as confirmed via a statement on the club’s website.
The 21-year-old was the Sky Blues’ U21s captain during the 2023/24 campaign before leaving to return to Romania with FC Universitatea Cluj for the remainder of the previous campaign.
Despite being a heavily reliable figure in Coventry’s U21s side in the Professional Development League last season, Rus had a brief loan stint with National League North side Chorley.
During his time in the sixth tier, Rus made six appearances in league competition, scoring twice as well as featuring on the Sky Blues bench within the Championship.
He ended the season back in Romania where he made eight appearances in total, contributing to one goal before returning back to the Championship side.
Why have Coventry opted to sell the midfielder?
Rus signed a new two-year contract with the Championship side in June 2023, but suffered an injury in pre-season which saw him miss the majority of preparations ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.
However, last season saw the Sky Blues hand first-team debuts to the likes of Kai Andrews and Aidan Dausch whilst Rus remained on the bench or out of the first-team squad.
Therefore, with Rus being 21 there is likely a feeling with the player that he wants to go and play regular first-team football instead of spending another season as a youth player or out on loan, which is likely to have been a decision that Mark Robins and his team agreed with.
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