Interest in Wolverhampton Wanderers centre-back Conor Coady is growing ahead of the January transfer window.

What's the talk?

That's according to Alan Nixon's recent report for The Sun, with the journalist claiming that insiders close to Newcastle United have revealed that the England international is an active part of the newly-rich Magpies' discussions regarding January transfers.

Nixon continues to state that Coady is a favourite of leading advisor to Newcastle and trusted friend of Amanda Staveley, Frank McParland, who is set to be instated in a senior position at St. James' Park ahead of the winter window.

Finally, it is claimed that Wolves have no intention of parting with the 28-year-old in the January transfer window, and would command a fee of £20m or more in order to consider his sale.

Fans would be gutted

Considering just how important a part of the Wolves team Coady has become in recent years, should Newcastle lodge an offer that the club simply cannot refuse in the winter window, it would undoubtedly leave the Molineux faithful gutted.

Indeed, over his nine Premier League appearances this term, the £22.5m-rated man has helped his side keep two clean sheets and has scored one goal, as well as making an average of one interception, one tackle, 2.7 clearances and winning 2.2 duels per game.

These returns have seen the player Tim Spiers dubbed an "authoritative" figure average a SofaScore match rating of 6.93, ranking him as Bruno Lage's seventh-best performer in the top flight.

Furthermore, the £62k-per-week defender also ranked as Wolves' 10th-best player in the club's 2020/21 campaign, the club's ninth-best performer in 2019/20 and the 12th-best in 2018/19 - demonstrating the 28-year-old's impressive consistency for the Premier League side.

As such, should Wolves indeed lose the former Liverpool centre-back in the January transfer window, it would undoubtedly be something of a disaster for Lage - not only because of Coady's impressive level of performance for the club but also as the 45-year-old is already extremely short of options in the heart of his Wolves backline.

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