“All that we know about the partnership between the two of them was that it was good. If it was Mark’s decision to end things, then you can’t question that because he gets most things right and has done since he’s been at the club.

“The only two people who will know (why they have decided to part ways) is Mark and Adi. The chemistry between them might be fading a wee bit, and sometimes you need a different voice in the dressing room as a manager and different ideas.

“The two of them together have been magnificent for Coventry. They have taken the club forward. The stadium is full again, there have been some unbelievable highs along the way. It’s been an excellent period if you’re a Coventry fan and their partnership has been fundamental to that success.”

As for what he thinks of the appointment of George Boateng as a first team coach, having signed the former Dutch international from Feyenoord in 1998 for just £220,000, and what the 48-year-old will add to the coaching set-up, Strachan said: “I’ve not seen George working as a coach so it would be hard to say what qualities he will bring to the coaching staff at Coventry.

“It’s funny, because the last time I spoke to George he was working as a coach in the Aston Villa youth team. It was a good chat because he was sharing his frustrations with me about what instructions he could and couldn’t give his players and I had to remind him that was what he was like when I was managing him!

“Sometimes we clashed and were at loggerheads. It did make me laugh that he was asking his own players exactly what I was telling him years ago, and he couldn’t understand why they couldn’t take it in. I’m thinking to myself, ‘Really George?’ I hope he can be a success at Coventry, and I look forward to seeing what he brings to the table.”

Are you confident Coventry City can make a seamless coaching transition following the summer reshuffle?