“Don’t think it’s going to happen,” said a City player of the impending Everton move

Four months after leaving the team, Conor Coady has made an intriguing transfer claim regarding Everton.

The defender asserted on the BBC’s The Monday Night Club podcast that Everton should overhaul the club’s culture instead of looking for the select few transfers that will completely change the team.

Coady helped the Toffees maintain their Premier League membership by making 24 appearances after moving to Goodison Park on loan from Wolves the previous season.

The 30-year-old was initially anticipated to make his stay in Merseyside permanent, but Everton weren’t willing to fork over the cash, so he returned to Wolves. Since then, Coady has joined Championship team Leicester City.

Although the center-back still has a lot of affection for his previous team, he has acknowledged that Everton should look within their own ranks for leaders rather than pursuing impractical moves.

“I believe that everyone has been expecting for those two players where Everton has been over the past few years. Everyone has been expressing the need for either this or that, according to Coady.

“I truly believe that it must be discovered internally. I’ll be up front and honest. That is what I genuinely think.

We went from being a really bad Championship team to getting promoted out of the Championship and doing really well in the Premier League and we changed a lot – we brought a few players in – but there was a culture change from within. I know it’s very different now.

“I genuinely believe that can be done at Everton as well. There are a lot more significant and intelligent people than I am who know how it is done, but we would all love to sit here right now and declare that we have identified the guy who will alter everything.

I understand that this would shift the attention and dynamic at Goodison Park. However, I have the impression that Everton fans often say, “We need this player, that player would be great, imagine if he comes in,” like we did last year during the transfer window. It never occurs.

“I don’t think we signed any players in January last year; Ellis was the only one that returned on loan. We were thinking that would be terrific, but I don’t think that will happen. I’ll be up front and honest. I believe it comes from within. Stepping up as leaders within the team.

Conor Coady is correct that Everton’s more seasoned players must assume leadership and accountability, but the comparison between the Toffees and Wolves is somewhat off-base.

Wolves and Everton are not comparable teams

Players like David Edwards and Lee Evans, who are arguably expected to be in that position, were on the Wolves team while they fought relegation. Although they did add players like Helder Costa (Benfica), Diogo Jota (Atletico Madrid), and Ruben Neves (Porto) earlier, some of their players managed to improve during the promotion-winning campaign.

The caliber of players who relocated to the Midlands for a Championship squad was incredible, thus failing to gain promotion would have been a huge underachievement.

Everton does have some excellent players, but much like Wolves, they will always require those additional skills to help them rise higher in the standings. They will have a hard time till they get more money and new owners.