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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs now backed in Conor Coady hunt"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Clancy"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-08-08T10:20:24Z"
modified: "2021-08-08T10:20:24Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Spurs now backed in Conor Coady hunt

**Tottenham Hotspur have now been backed in their hunt to try and sign Conor Coady before the summer transfer window ends.**

### The Lowdown: Talks opened

As per [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-tottenham-have-opened-preliminary-talks-over-signing-coady-from-wolves/), Spurs have already opened preliminary talks over the potential signing of the Wolves defender, with his former manager Nuno Espirito Santo pushing to take him to North London.

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They have already [confirmed](https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/2021/august/romero-signs-from-atalanta/) the signing of Cristian Romero from Atalanta but are now looking to add another centre-back to the squad ahead of the start of the new Premier League season.

### The Latest: Mills backs potential Coady signing

Speaking to [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/mills-incredible-coady-would-be-good-tottenham-signing-amid-carragher-reveal/), former top-flight defender Danny Mills has backed the Lilywhites in their hunt for Coady, describing the England international as an ‘incredible’ player. He said:

*“Tottenham still need a centre-half or two.*

*“They’re still light in that area, you would say.*

*“Nuno knows him from Wolves and Coady has done incredibly well at Wolves.*

*“He’d be a really good signing, I think.”*

### The Verdict: Sign

If Spurs were to add another centre-half to the mix, then they should look no further than Coady.

Having played in a total of 191 games over all competitions across the last four campaigns under Nuno, scoring two goals and supplying a further two assists ([Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/128901/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=16520)), the Portuguese coach knows how to get the best out of him.

His [near-constant presence](https://theathletic.co.uk/1924069/2020/07/13/wolves-conor-coady-captain-leader-shouting/) in the team shows just how much trust the 47-year-old has in the Liverpudlian, who had been [his on-field general](https://theathletic.co.uk/1924069/2020/07/13/wolves-conor-coady-captain-leader-shouting/) at Molineux. Furthermore, Coady’s former Wolves team-mate David Edwards [hailed him](https://theathletic.com/2627618/2021/07/03/conor-coady-wolves-england-euro-2020/) as a “very clever” player who  is “smart enough to not get into positions where he’s isolated or exposed”.

Being English as well, the 28-year-old helps fill the home-grown quota, and with that experience of playing under Nuno and in the Premier League, it is surely a deal that Tottenham must look to get done. We’re with Mills on this one.

***In other news,*** [***find out which ‘explosive’ ace Spurs are now targeting***](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/noni-madueke-psv-premier-league/)