• Football
  • Boxing
  • UFC
  • Home
  • Football
    • England
    • Transfer News
    • Premier League
    • Champions League
    • Lionel Messi
    • Cristiano Ronaldo
    • EA FC 25
    • Wrexham
  • Boxing
    • Tyson Fury
    • Anthony Joshua
    • Oleksandr Usyk
    • Mike Tyson
    • Jake Paul
    • Logan Paul
  • UFC
    • Dana White
    • Conor McGregor
    • Khabib Nurmagomedov
    • Jon Jones
    • Paddy Pimblett
    • Joe Rogan
  • Other Sport
    • Athletics
    • Formula 1
    • MMA
    • Motorsport
    • NBA
    • Darts
    • NFL
    • Snooker
    • Wrestling
    • Tennis
    • Cricket
    • Golf
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Wrexham's staggering summer transfer plans will terrify Premier League clubs as £100m claim made

Home> Football> Transfer News

Published 14:28 1 May 2025 GMT+1

Wrexham's staggering summer transfer plans will terrify Premier League clubs as £100m claim made

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney plotting major assault on the Championship

Chris Nee

Chris Nee

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have dragged Wrexham back from the doldrums and up from the fifth tier to the second in record time.

Wrexham became the first team to win three consecutive promotions from the National League to the Championship and now find themselves at an interesting juncture in their upward progress.

The Hollywood duo have no intention of bankrolling the club into the Premier League but new investment from the Allyn family and the club's commercial success will put them on a robust platform as they steady themselves for what Reynolds and McElhenney surely see as the next big jump.

Advert

Manager Phil Parkinson has secured his job with successive promotions but his playing staff, ambitiously built for the top end of League One, will require improvement in the summer.

The Red Dragons are in a financial position to fulfil that brief and then some.

"Birmingham [City] and Wrexham are likely to be targeting similar players to the likes of Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton – and some of the smaller Premier League clubs this summer," reports Rob Dorsett for Sky Sports.

Advert

"In League One, clubs have only been allowed to spend 60 per cent of their total turnover on players although this is changing for next season, to further limit the amount wealthy owners can pump in.

"In the Championship, the rules say no more than £39m can be lost over any three-year period. For Wrexham and Birmingham, that gives a lot of leeway to invest in the squad because a new three-year cycle starts now."

Dorsett reports that Wrexham "now [have] an estimated worth in excess of £100m" and have increased in value by more than 50 times since 2021.

"Wrexham's estimated turnover this season has been more than £27m. That is an enormous figure for a League One club - four or five times the turnover of the league's smallest clubs. "

Advert

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson (Image: Getty)
Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson (Image: Getty)

Like Birmingham, Wrexham are expected to throw their weight around in the summer transfer market and fish in the same waters as some clubs a division higher.

Parkinson outlined the Wrexham's 'no superstars and no egos' policy and indicated that free transfers would form a significant part of their plans.

That could put the likes of 38-year-old Premier League striker Jamie Vardy in the frame along with Welsh international Ben Davies, out of contract at Tottenham Hotspur in June, and Champions League and Premier League winner Adam Lallana.

Advert

Goalkeeper Danny Ward, out of favour and out of contract at relegated Leicester City, is Wrexham born and bred and could be an outside bet as incoming competition for Arthur Okonkwo as Parkinson seeks to add depth as well as strength.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Wrexham, EFL Championship, Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Premier League

Chris Nee
Chris Nee

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Wrexham ready to smash club transfer record to sign Premier League cult hero's son
  • Wrexham enter talks to sign shock Premier League player Ryan Reynolds is already a massive fan of
  • Bombshell Wrexham report drops huge update on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's involvement with club
  • Wrexham could break club transfer record to sign star captain from Championship rivals

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
4 hours ago
6 hours ago
  • 3 hours ago

    ITV forced to apologise TWICE on behalf of Tyson Fury after what he said live-on-air during Soccer Aid

    Fury was interviewed on-air at Old Trafford - with perhaps an expected result...

    Football
  • 3 hours ago

    Thomas Tuchel told to call up player to his next England squad as fans say already he's outgrown U21 side

    The England boss has been told to promote a talented U21 after his recent performances.

    Football
  • 4 hours ago

    Jack Grealish ‘pranked’ into paying fan’s bill on holiday as TikTok goes viral

    The Man City star has been brutally pranked as his teammates prepare for the Club World Cup

    Football
  • 6 hours ago

    Trent Alexander-Arnold received two gifts from Real Madrid after signing contract with the club

    Trent Alexander-Arnold received two gifts following his transfer to Real Madrid.

    Football