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Wolves skipper Conor Coady: It's all down to Nuno

"It's all down to Nuno" declared captain Conor Coady as he hailed the Wolves boss and his 'phenomenal' staff.

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Wolves are seventh in the Premier League and preparing for one of the club's biggest games in a generation when they take on Watford in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley next month.

Coady said it was refreshing to see how some of the club's big foreign stars had embraced the club.

And he can't wait for the Watford clash on April 7.

"We can't wait for it," Coady told Radio 5 Live Breakfast. "We go into the semi looking forward to it but also looking to win it.

"You can see how we've gone about (the FA Cup) all season – we said at the start when we played the first couple of games, Liverpool and Shrewsbury, that we wanted to do well in the competition, the manager told us we wanted to do well.

"It was important we performed well and kept a winning mentality. (But) it's a game at a time mentality, the next one for us is Burnley away in a couple of weeks.

"We're all enjoying it, over the last two years since the manager came in he's really changed the direction of the club.

"It was needed, his staff came in and they've been absolutely phenomenal but in terms of the way the lads are playing it's all down to him.

"It's important we keep on listening to him and keep on enjoying it and hopefully we can keep on getting better.

"From our point of view we just want to keep learning and improving. We've got some fantastic footballers who really, really love the club.

"It's really refreshing to see when you see these players coming over."

There have been many calls for Coady to be included in Gareth Southgate's England squad, although Southgate suggested this week that would be unlikely given that England play with a back four.

"I don't feel hard done by," Coady said. "England is the pinnacle of every Englishman's career. I watched them last summer and they were absolutely outstanding in the World Cup.

"If it was to come it would be amazing, it's England. But I just keep on thinking to myself I'm trying to get into a really, really good squad with some fantastic footballers.

"As long as I'm doing OK for Wolves and helping Wolves improve that's all I'm bothered about."

The Wolves skipper was also asked if he and the players discuss Brexit in the dressing room.

"Hardly any of us understand it!" he joked. "It's hard work isn't it. We've got quite a lot of foreign boys as well so we don't really know too much about what's going on."