Conor Coady: Defender enjoying ‘something good’ at Wrexham after tough times

“I don’t think I’m speaking out of turn here but Leicester was tough, really tough, people don’t understand how tough it was. Last season I found really hard, I struggle when I’m part of a team that’s not doing great.

“I go home and the family feel it, the missus feels it, my kids feel it and I take football home. I know I should never say that and I try not to, but I do and I found it really tough, the whole situation had become hard.

“When Wrexham first made contact and said what they wanted to do, straight away I felt… all I wanted to do was just play football and just be part of something good, be as big as we can and just try and make people better.

“No one was getting carried away and saying ‘we want to be in the Premier League at the end of the season’ and… I just love everything they were saying to me.”

Coady revealed that after he signed he exited the Stok Cae Ras and the emotion on display from fans young and old waiting outside the ground confirmed he had made the right decision.

“The home game at the weekend against West Brom was unbelievable, the atmosphere, the feeling of actually being in the Championship again for the football club was amazing, and for me to be a part of that it’s really humbling.

“There’s so many clubs now going through a tough time and I’m part of one that wants to get better, it’s so exciting it really is.

“It feels fresh, there’s an excitement… people want to know what’s going on at the club.

“There’s a long way to go and people need to be doing things and building blocks, building one step at a time… because the hardest thing now is getting to the stars – you want to get to the Premier League because in the long run that’s where the club wants to be.

He added: “I’d love to play in the Premier League again, I want another crack at getting in there, another promotion, of course I want that in the long run.

“But do we need to make things better? Of course we do and I’m going to go in and try and make things better, make myself better, but what’s most important is to make that club better.

“I love that I’m now part of that conversation, I love that people ask me about it at the football club, I love everything that that brings… I’m really enjoying it.”