Wolverhampton Wanderers have expressed an interest in former Sheffield United loanee Conor Coady, The Star understands.
The League One champions, who also hope to sign Harry Maguire from Nigel Clough’s side, are believed to be the unnamed club which approached Liverpool about the possibility of recruiting Coady earlier this month.
As this newspaper revealed five days ago, Anfield officials value Coady at around £1m after he impressed at Bramall Lane last season.
Although Kenny Jackett, Clough’s counterpart at Molineux, is unlikely to pay a seven figure fee for the central midfielder, sources in the North-West report that he will try to tempt Liverpool by offering a significant downpayment coupled with further performance-based installments.
Clough, who is poised to make Walsall captain Andy Butler his third signing of the summer following the recent arrivals of Marc McNulty and Jamal Campbell-Ryce, has also approached Brendan Rodgers about the possibility of working with Coady again next term.
But Wolves, who are scheduled to receive another £8m parachute payment from the Premier League ahead of the new campaign, hope their financial muscle will swing the battle for the 21-year-old’s services.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheff-utd/blades-face-rivals-in-coady-race-1-6636733I would sell him this time round. He is a good lad but I think he will not cut it here.