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Wrexham target stunning deal for Premier League star as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney change transfer strategy

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Updated 13:22 15 May 2025 GMT+1Published 13:00 15 May 2025 GMT+1

Wrexham target stunning deal for Premier League star as Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney change transfer strategy

Several ex-Premier League players are currently in the soon-to-be Championship side's squad.

Luke Davies

Luke Davies

Wrexham have made an approach for a Premier League player who boasts 142 top-flight appearances, according to reports.

Wrexham gained a third consecutive promotion, from League One to the Championship, with a 3-0 home win against Charlton Athletic on April 26.

Their promotion push was helped by several former Premier League stars such as Jay Rodriguez, Steven Fletcher and James McClean.

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This summer, they will, no doubt, look to bolster both the quality and depth of their squad as they step up to a more prestigious division - and a current top-flight star could be part of the Red Dragons’ plans.

As reported by The Telegraph on Thursday (15 May), Wrexham are at the early stages of discussions to sign Fulham midfielder and club captain Tom Cairney.

Cairney, 34, has made 23 Premier League appearances for Marco Silva’s side this term and is contracted to the west London club until June 2025.

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The Telegraph claims that if talks progress, Wrexham “will break the club transfer record of around £2 million paid for Sam Smith from Reading in January”.

Tom Cairney is club captain of Fulham (Credit:Getty)
Tom Cairney is club captain of Fulham (Credit:Getty)

However, Transfermarkt claims Cairney is, in fact, out of contract at the end of June 2025.

Back in April, the Standard reported that Fulham planned to wait until after the 2024/25 campaign to finalise the future of players whose contracts were due to expire.

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Cairney boasts both Premier League and Championship experience having gained promotion with Fulham on two occasions.

Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds on how Wrexham reach Premier League

Wrexham co-owner and actor Rob McElhenney spoke about the Red Dragons' push for a fourth consecutive promotion on The Rich Eisen Show.

McElhenney said: "I don’t know when the last game is going to be I don’t know if we’re going to get promoted automatically I don’t know if we’re going to go through the playoffs I don’t know if we’re going to lose and it’s going to happen next year or it’s going to happen the year after that.

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“I don’t care about that, and I really don’t. What’s most important to me is to be grateful for the moment that we have right in front of us.

“So, and I say this with all honesty, I don’t care about the next promotion, I care about this one.”

Earlier this year, Ryan Reynolds made his feelings clear on the side progressing to the Premier League.

“I mean, 10 years from now… we would be morons to not want to see this club in the Premier League but to also be unique in that everything about the place has stayed true to what it originally was – I mean, that’s kind of the perfect scenario,” Reynolds explained when speaking on Men in Blazers.

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“It should be unexpected and kind of a wild adventure and ride. If it was all predictable and we knew exactly what was going to happen, boy, this would be miserable I think."

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Wrexham, Fulham, Transfer News, Football, Premier League

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