Gareth Southgate to consider Wolves captain Conor Coady for England spot
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England boss Gareth Southgate admits he will consider Wolves captain Conor Coady for a full international call-up next term.
Defender Coady has skippered Wolves to the Championship title this term after a fine season at centre-half under Nuno Espirito Santo.
The ex-Liverpool trainee, 25, who joined Wolves in 2015 from Huddersfield, has thrived as a ball-playing stopper in the middle of a three-man defence.
Former Three Lions U21 boss Southgate says he knows Coady from the defender’s time playing for England from U16s-U20s.
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(Image: REUTERS)
Southgate admitted: “All the signs this year have been really good for him. I met Conor a number of times before I was working with the under-21s.
“I was head of elite development and Conor was part of our junior teams and I remember when he was at Liverpool he won an award.
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(Image: 2018 Getty Images)
“His personality and his character is outstanding.
"He is certainly someone that, mentality-wise, fits into the way we like to work.
“The challenge now for him is to step up to the Premier League and to be able to continue to play as he has for Wolves this year at the next level.”