Kevin Thelwell could be reunited with Conor Coady at Rangers after turning down the chance to sign him permanently at Everton.
Coady still has a year left on his Leicester City contract but faces an uncertain future with the Foxes following their relegation from the Premier League and no concrete decision yet made on whether Ruud van Nistelrooy will still be in charge for their return to the Championship.
Thelwell, who will be heavily involved in any deal to bring Coady to Ibrox, knows the player well after he spent a year on loan at Everton from Wolves, playing the 2022-23 season at Goodison.
The defender was a popular figure on his native Merseyside and fans were keen to see the option to make the deal permanent taken up by the Toffees.
However, they opted against doing a deal and Coady returned to Wolves, who sold him to Leicester that summer for a fee of £7.5M.
And Thelwell, now sporting director at Ibrox after joining from Everton last week, told the Training Ground Guru podcast why he made the call not to sign Coady 2 years ago.
“If we go back in time, Yerry Mina hadn’t played a lot, but he finished the season strongly and played a big part in helping us stay up. We could have easily added another year on his contract,” Thelwell said.
“Coady came in the building and was a fantastic professional. It would have been very easy for us to sign Conor permanently for a low price, but we decided against that on the back of holding the door open for Jarrad [Branthwaite].”
From an original report at the Daily Record
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Posted 07/06/2025 at 13:49:12
Is our own summer really this slow?
Posted 07/06/2025 at 13:51:35
What have Thelwell and Coady got to do with Everton today?
This forum is getting worse by the day.
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