Jack Rudoni has had his troubled shoulder operated on in a bid to get the star midfielder ready for Coventry City ’s return to the Premier League . The 24-year-old first suffered the injury at Oxford last season when he dislocated it throwing himself into a diving header to give the Sky Blues the lead in an eventual 3-2 away win. But it has been an issue for him ever since and he even discussed having surgery earlier this term, only to opt to manage his way through to help Frank Lampard’s men get over the line and secure promotion. FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! Get more Coventry City news and analysis via our FB page The decision was then made to get it done after Tuesday night’s Portsmouth win when City clinched the Championship title, meaning Rudoni sat out Sunday’s trophy presentation celebrations when he made an appearance at the end during the trophy presentation with his strapped up shoulder covered by an EFL Champions flag. “Don’t ask me what he’s had done but he’s had a shoulder operation and he’s done it now to get him ready for pre-season,” revealed Lampard, speaking after the 3-1 CBS Arena victory over Wrexham, “so he should be back for, we hope, early to mid pre-season. “It made sense to get it done now because he’s been carrying it, so even through the sort of heroics against Derby at Easter when he scored twice, he’s been carrying it for a while. “He did it last season against Oxford and then he re-did it this season. I forget the games when he came back in against Charlton and we were probably at that point when we asked the question of whether we needed to do it then. But we kept him with us because at that point the squad was short and I worried about being without him. “So he’s got on with it and he’s given us some big moments in the second half of the season. I think he scored three in three in that little patch when we won a sequence of games after the Boro win. So he’s been a brilliant player for us and he’ll be freer from getting it done.” Every day, the CoventryLive football desk strive to deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of Coventry City content. Our dedicated reporter Andy Turner – who you can follow on X – follows the Sky Blues home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between. So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur – that’s why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you’ll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox. You can also get all your favourite content from CoventryLive’s Sky Blues team on WhatsApp. Sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club.