The dust has now settled after a chaotic deadline day at Wolves and two new signings have arrived – but there was no return to the club for Conor Coady.
Wolves landed Nasser Djiga and Marshall Munetsi late last night.
Wolves agreed deals for Djiga and Munetsi earlier in the day, and both players then did their medicals over in Paris.
It is a positive end to the window for Wolves, who were stung a few days ago by missing out on top target Kevin Danso.
At one point on deadline day, a very interesting claim was made.
Wolves showed interest in signing Conor Coady via a swap deal involving Craig Dawson.
The Coady and Dawson swap deal was then played down fairly quickly.
Now, one of the main reasons the move never happened has come to light.
Leicester didn’t want to lose a leader in Coady
It’s been reported that Coady was very keen to return to Wolves.
The star is obviously a former Wolves captain, and is fondly remembered at Molineux.
But in the end, a move did not materialise and one key reason has now been offered for the deal not happening.
The Mirror reported earlier this morning via their live blog (04/02, 8:09am) that Leicester got ‘cold feet’ over letting Coady leave as they didn’t want to lose one of their dressing room leaders.
Coady has always been known for his leadership qualities, and is a very vocal player.
He has not been a regular at Leicester, but seemingly they were not keen to let someone with his influence depart.
No Coady deal a shame for Wolves
The claim about Coady on transfer deadline day took everyone by surprise.
There had been absolutely no word about him potentially returning to the club whatsoever, which has been the case ever since he left.
But seemingly, Wolves felt there may have been an opportunity yesterday and it was Leicester who weren’t keen.
Perhaps they realised that Coady going back to Wolves would really help a Premier League relegation rival.
Coady is a great leader, and we’ve all seen the issues the Wolves dressing room has had this season. It’s likely Leicester didn’t want Coady’s leadership qualities benefitting his former club at this time.