Leicester City have finally sold a player. Wow! This sale appears wise in almost every way, which we will explain. The outgoing transfer in question also hopefully unlocks the door to the East Midlands team's first proper signing after Asmir Begovic, so to speak. But how did the Foxes seemingly get one over on Wrexham, a possible rival for this coming season, prior to even playing a game in England's second division?
Leicester City sell Conor Coady to Wrexham for approximately £2 million according to BBC Sport - a good deal?
Although the contemporary, misguided King Power outfit paid a reported £7.5m for Coady just over two years ago, Foxes of Leicester are glad even some of that money was recouped. Was the initial fee well spent by LCFC? Well no, not really.
Why the England international was unneeded, drastically overpaid and arguably a bad influence over Foxes squad
First of all, the main centre back pairing in 2023/24, the year Coady arrived and City lifted the Championship trophy, was Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard. The former contributed, sure. But he wasn't essential.
Following that, the 32-year-old eventually came into the side during the horrible last term. He did nothing to improve proceedings; you could argue that the defence got worse upon his installation.
Coady was photographed in an embarrassing and immature incident in Copenhagen with Harry Winkstoo. The latter is another highly paid yet not required Fox we could do without.
Coady's handful of Three Lions caps, amazing as they are, appeared to give him carte blanche at King Power Stadium. I wasn't the only one who noticed his impact being overblown. Pushing for transfers in January and subsequently this summer didn't go unnoticed within the Blue Army either.
If the St Helens-born footballer continues to play poorly by being 'found out', City may have outwitted the Red Dragons. Marti Cifuentes now knows exactly which Wrexham area to attack with swift forward play and rapid attackers. If Coady does show in Wales why he was once legitimately valued, I'll hold my hands up of course.