Welcome to Wolves - Conor Coady

[jlo]

Coady departs for Everton

Defender Conor Coady has completed a season-long loan move to Everton, with an option for the Merseyside club to make the transfer permanent.

www.wolves.co.uk

He's gone

 

[prawnking]

'Option'

 

[jlo]

Thought worth resurrecting this thread so we can all appreciate the journey he's been on. Not far from one of my favourite players ever now in my lifetime

https://twitter.com/x/status/1556733754688905216

 

[SSB]

Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said: “Conor has been an integral part of our success over the last five seasons, and loyal servant to the club over his seven years at Molineux. His dedication to Wolves in that time means that we choose not to stand in the way of his desire to play football elsewhere, and he leaves with our best wishes.

 

[Tony Towner]

Nothing to say the option is anything other than that.
Tremendous professional and man, I wish him well and hope he makes the World Cup squad. If and when he comes back to Molineux he'll get the ovation he deserves

 

[Trips]

Fantastic servant, and brilliant captain of the best Wolves team I've seen in my lifetime! Goes with my best wishes and will get a huge round of applause and appreciation whenever he's back here

 

[MARKakaJIM]

No issue with him going but the loan with an option sounds like a really cheap way for Everton to decide they don't want him long term.

 

[WsWolf]

'Option'

Until we know the structure of the deal then we can't really comment. What if it's 5m loan fee and an additional 10m to sign him. That makes sense really, if he's half decent and they don't sign him then he's still retained value.

 

[Lycan]

I remember speaking to a Southampton fan years ago about the state of modern football and he said 'you don't get real club legends in this day and age'. He was wrong.

 

[The Bear]

The option is almost guaranteed. Plays a certain amount of games and they don't get relegated then they buy him.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Until we know the structure of the deal then we can't really comment. What if it's 5m loan fee and an additional 10m to sign him. That makes sense really, if he's half decent and they don't sign him then he's still retained value.

If he bombs then you've still took a hit, same gamble as MGW for me, his value is unlikely to get any higher at this point so squeeze for what you can get and do the permanent deal.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

The option is almost guaranteed. Plays a certain amount of games and they don't get relegated then they buy him.

What if the number of games is 35?

 

[Lupollet]

Nuno, neves, Coady, jota, Raul. Not much left now

 

[Alan]

'Option'

If Everton go down they won't be able to afford him, and for once I agree with Shi that stopping the move to force an obligation to buy would have hurt Coady more than anyone else.

 

[Tony Towner]

The option is almost guaranteed. Plays a certain amount of games and they don't get relegated then they buy him.

Do you have a credible link for that? Seen it guessed, but nothing tangible

 

[prawnking]

Until we know the structure of the deal then we can't really comment. What if it's 5m loan fee and an additional 10m to sign him. That makes sense really, if he's half decent and they don't sign him then he's still retained value.

Perhaps, but going by our recent track record, I'm not particularly convinced by the 'what if' you propose.

I just don't see any benefit to Wolves in this deal. Coady and Everton are chuffed, I'm sure

 

[Lupo]

I don't often have reservations about Ken's signings in advance, Leon is the only one where that's applied. Before this.

Obviously I hope I'm wrong (with Leon I knew there was very little chance I'd be wrong, it's not quite on that scale).

On this occasion...

 

[WsWolf]

If he bombs then you've still took a hit, same gamble as MGW for me, his value is unlikely to get any higher at this point so squeeze for what you can get and do the permanent deal.

Maybe but then it seems coady has told the club he didn't want to be sat on a bench this year so wants to move, that gives us limited options.

I don't believe we should be standing in the way of that, regardless of the business element.

It's also hilarious that often we as fans state we should get people on loan with an option but when ours go out on via the same method it's absolutely ridiculous. The duality of man.

 

[Alan]

"It was the best of loans, it was the worst of loans..."

 

[Tony Towner]

My guess is that your guess is a load of tosh.

Always been a charmer