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title: "Everton: Journalist delighted by Conor Coady signing"
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author: "Daniel Clubbe"
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published: "2022-08-09T11:47:25Z"
modified: "2022-08-09T11:47:25Z"
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# Everton: Journalist delighted by Conor Coady signing

**Journalist [Matt Jones](https://twitter.com/MattJFootball/status/1556741314695368707) has been left overjoyed after [Everton](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-fc-news/) completed the signing of central defender Conor Coady.**

### The lowdown: Deal done

Coady has completed a [season-long loan switch](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12667997/conor-coady-everton-sign-wolves-captain-on-season-long-loan) from Wolves this week, joining the Toffees after [missing out on a place](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdaten/spieler/128901) in Bruno Lage’s starting XI for their opening day 2-1 defeat at the hands of Leeds United.

The signing of the 29-year-old England international could [reportedly](https://twitter.com/_pauljoyce/status/1556294647869235203) be made permanent next summer as he leaves the Wanderers having been the club captain at Molineux, amassing [317 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/128901) during a seven-year spell in the Midlands.

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A product of the youth academy at Everton’s arch-rivals Liverpool, Coady [admitted](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/12667997/conor-coady-everton-sign-wolves-captain-on-season-long-loan) it is ‘incredible’ and he is ‘over the moon’ to be joining the Goodison Park outfit, a view shared by one invested onlooker…

### The latest: ‘Really good business’

Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MattJFootball/status/1556741314695368707), Jones – who writes for the [Liverpool Echo](https://twitter.com/MattJFootball) and appears on The Blue Room podcast – proclaimed that the capture of the [ten-cap](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/nationalmannschaft/spieler/128901/verein_id/3299) star is ‘really good business’ by the Blues.

He stated: “Loan feels like really good business. Think it gets overlooked that a three-player defence requires specialist players at wing-back and centre-back – Coady is absolutely one of those. Excellent character, brilliant injury record. What could go wrong?”

### The verdict: Spot on

A veteran of [417 total professional outings](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/128901), Coady will bring vast experience and impressive leadership qualities that have endeared the Liverpudlian to [numerous](https://theathletic.com/2627618/2021/07/03/conor-coady-wolves-england-euro-2020/) managers and teammates alike.

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Last season, the [£22.5million valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/marktwertverlauf/spieler/128901) ace scored [four times](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdaten/spieler/128901/plus/0?saison=2021) in 38 Premier League appearances, only failing to complete 90 minutes on three occasions and earning a 6.99 [Sofascore](https://www.sofascore.com/player/conor-coady/98449) rating while helping to keep 11 clean sheets, showing defensive acumen that was lacking all too often for the Toffees.

Predominantly operating as the [defensive lynchpin](https://www.wolves.co.uk/news/mens-first-team/20220804-coady-on-pre-season-systems-and-lage/) in the middle of a back three in recent campaigns, a system Frank Lampard is [looking to utilise](https://www.goodisonnews.com/2022/08/06/frank-lampard-may-pay-price-as-everton-field-back-three-v-chelsea/) at Everton, Coady can also [play](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/conor-coady/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/128901) in a back two, at right back and as a defensive midfielder, offering an abundance of options.

However, having [lost Yerry Mina and Ben Godfrey to injury](https://www.evertonfc.com/news/2734770/godfrey-and-mina-injury-updates) over the weekend, the no-nonsense centre-back seems certain to take a place at the heart of the defence alongside James Tarkowski and one other.