Coady and Doherty extend Wolves stay until 2023

Wolverhampton Wanderers defensive duo Conor Coady and Matt Doherty have both pledged their future to the club signing new long-term deals that will run until the summer of 2023.

Both have been key figures in the side that saw them get promoted last season and have been ever-present in the West Midlands side.

It’s a major boost for Nuno Espírito Santo and his side as the club aim to finish in a European place for the first time since 1971-72, when they got to the UEFA Cup final losing 3-2 to Tottenham Hotspur.

Captain Coady is yet to miss a minute of football for Santo’s side, while Republic of Ireland international Doherty is now the club’s current longest-serving player.

England number two Steve Holland was at Wolves’ 1-1 draw with Newcastle on Monday night this could hint at a call up for English centre-back Coady.

Despite being a full-back Doherty has scored six times in all competitions which makes him joint top scorer with Mexico international and Benfica loanee Raúl Jiménez.

The club announced the new contracts via their official twitter:

Both players spoke to Wolves TV after the deals were made public, Coady made his love the club known:

“I love coming here every day, I love coming in to train, I love playing games, I love being part of this football club. To get it done and be sorted is fantastic, it’s a great for me and my family to be part of this football club for four more years.

“You’ve got to enjoy yourself every single day and you can’t not enjoy yourself coming into this place, learning from the manager every single day and learning from the players. I’ve said it plenty of times before, how good the football club. It’s a an absolutely huge football club and I love being a part of it, it’s really special.”

As for Doherty, he quickly announced that he’s not leaving anytime soon:

“I’ve been here nine years and they’ve not got rid of me, so I’ll be here for a while yet. I love it here and don’t want to go anywhere. I’m completely settled, so long may it continue.

“Me and ‘Coads’ have both been here a long time now, but we still think about the times we were in the Championship and losing at home to Wigan. The place was half-empty, and you’d get booed off – rightly so for some of the performances that we were putting in.

“Looking at how we’ve progressed to what the club is now, especially as it’s not that long ago; maybe two, two-and-a-half years, and I think a lot of credit has to go to the manager, his backroom staff and the players for the efforts they’ve put in.”

Wolves are seventh in the Premier League with 12 games to go, Sunday they travel to Ashton Gate to face Championship side Bristol City in the fifth round of the FA Cup.