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title: "Coventry: Joy Seppala wants Ricoh Arena talks to be made public"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Crump"
section: "Championship News"
published: "2020-07-27T18:20:18Z"
modified: "2020-07-27T18:20:18Z"
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# Coventry: Joy Seppala wants Ricoh Arena talks to be made public

**Coventry City owner Joy Seppala wants Ricoh Arena talks to be made [public](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/city-seppala-wasps-ricoh-arena-18666774) after the newly-promoted Championship club missed out on a return to their former home.**

The Sky Blues played their home games during the 2019/20 season at St. Andrews, the [29,409](https://www.bcfc.com/tickets/essential-information/new-to-the-ground/) capacity home of Birmingham City.

In what was a second stint away from the Ricoh, having had a spell at [Northampton Town’s Sixfields Stadium,](https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/aug/09/coventry-city-northampton-league-one)Coventry were successful in gaining promotion to the Championship, finishing top of the League One standings.

Following the end of the season, [discussion](https://talksport.com/football/efl/716516/coventry-tim-fisher-ricoh-arena-return/) was raised about a potential return to the Ricoh Arena, which is now owned by rugby club Wasps.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/THE-BREAKDOWN.png)

Amid talks to return to the Ricoh Arena, Coventry [announced](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53485827) that they have agreed a partnership with the University of Warwick to build a new stadium, before [confirming](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/all-about/coventry-city-fc) that talks had ended over a return to the Ricoh Arena.

With various claims coming out over why the talks of a potential return did not materialise, Seppala has now called for a non-disclosure agreement to be scrapped.

That request has also been followed up by club CEO Dave Botty, who said: *“For Wasps to say that Coventry City ‘pulled out’ of talks is absolutely disingenuous.*

*“We would be happy to produce correspondence to support all of our claims but unfortunately we are bound by the non-disclosure agreement, which we signed at the start of talks at the insistence of Wasps.”*

In response to Seppala’s request, [Coventry LIVE](https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/city-seppala-wasps-ricoh-arena-18666774) have reached out to Wasps Group for a comment but no response has been gained.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

It does not really matter if Coventry play at the Ricoh Arena or St. Andrews next season, especially given that the club will look to move to a brand new stadium in the coming years.

That will be a superb step in the right direction for the club and one that will go side-by-side in their rise and potential stay in the Championship moving forward. Yes, it would have been more ideal for the club to remain in the City for 20/21, but it isn’t the end of the world given what the future holds.

***Do you think Coventry should have returned to the Ricoh Arena? Let us know in the comments section below…***