Conor Coady has explained his move to Everton came about, and detailed the “surreal” feeling of chatting to Frank Lampard.
The Blues signed the defender on loan from Wolves earlier this month. Coady made his debut last week in the defeat to Aston Villa in the Premier League, and is set to play a key role for Everton this season.
Coady made two first-team appearances for local rivals Liverpool earlier in his career, before spending seven years at Wolves. Now the centre-back has spoken about how he had a feeling that an exit from Molineux was on the cards before it actually happened.
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The 29-year-old went on to speak about the first conversation he had with Lampard. Coady, who has more than 400 senior appearances, admitted he “couldn’t believe” he was talking to the Everton boss when it happened.
“First and foremost, I know how big the football club is,” Coady told BBC 5Live.
“It was something where it was a tough few weeks at Wolves, and I kind of knew it was coming, I knew it because something didn’t feel right.
“When I had the first conversation with the manager in terms of this was the club that wanted me at the time, this was the only place that I wanted to be, I’ll be honest with you.
“He didn’t have to sell the club to me, because I knew all about it anyway. But what he was saying about the club, what he wants to do going forward, how he wants to help it grow, where he wants to go with it was incredible.
“The conversation I had with him was a bit surreal, I couldn’t quite believe I was on the phone to him to be honest.
“It was something I got me really excited at the time, and training has been [the same] ever since I joined. So it’s important we keep putting that out onto the pitch, because the most important thing is that we win games.”
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