Wrexham have confirmed a player departure following their defeat against Norwich City.
On Saturday, the Red Dragons were back in Championship action as they hosted Norwich at the Racecourse Ground.
It was a tough afternoon for Phil Parkinson's men as they were beaten 2-1, with Anis Ben Slimane and Jovon Makama scoring for the visitors. Sam Smith netted for the hosts.
As a result, Wrexham are now 10th in the Championship table, with Norwich still in the drop zone.
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Hours after the match, Wrexham confirmed that veteran midfielder and captain James McClean had left the club.
It has been announced that McClean, 36, will return to his hometown club, Derry City.
A statement from the club read: "Wrexham AFC can confirm back-to-back promotion winner and first-team captain James McClean has left the Club by mutual consent and will return to his hometown team, Derry City."
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Taking to his own social media account, McClean released an emotional statement.
He wrote: "Been going over and over in my head to try somehow put into words what this club @wrexham_afc has meant to me since i signed and truth be told no matter what words i write it wont do justice to express the feeling
"I’ll try so here it goes, its genuinely been the most incredible and enjoyable couple of years i have had, a huge thank you to @vancityreynolds and @robmac who are two incredible people by the way for giving me the opportunity to be part of the magic that is Wrexham or to people outside of Wrexham “Disney FC”, the management staff who believed in me and gave me the honour to captain this club to history, the medical staff, the staff around the ground, the fans who have been incredible and welcomed me from day one, no politics, no media perceptions just football, this club have been incredible and showed a real touch of class in making my move back home easy."
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McClean contined: "Finally and certainly not least all the players, who i shared the dressing room with, battles on the pitch with and the glories off the pitch with Vegas etc enough said, while creating great friendships ( don’t cry @andy14cannon you’ll set me off, its not good bye you can still visit ) we created a bond and togetherness like no other.
"My only regret is i couldn’t have been a few years younger when joining this journey because this club is only going to go on and create more magic but thats football. Its been a real honour and a real pleasure and i wish yous nothing but further success because the squad has real real quality here to achieve this. Up the history making back to back to back Red Dragons. James."
Marcus Chan