Overview
- Conor Coady passed his medical on Friday and is set to join Wrexham on a deal worth about £2 million after leaving Leicester City with one year remaining on his contract.
- The 32-year-old defender brings 198 Premier League appearances and 10 England caps, bolstering leadership in a squad that climbed from the National League to the Championship in three seasons.
- Coady is Wrexham’s seventh permanent signing of the summer, following record transfers for Liberato Cacace and Lewis O’Brien and arrivals of George Thomason, Ryan Hardie, Danny Ward and Josh Windass.
- Owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have backed aggressive recruitment of seasoned professionals to underpin their target of reaching the Premier League by 2027.
- The club remains active in the transfer window, exploring additional veteran and loan options before their Championship opener at Southampton on August 9.