Wrexham’s most valuable player has now been shared, and the answer is quite surprising.
After securing a place in the Championship, the Dragons have invested heavily.
Wrexham spent around £33m during the 2025 summer transfer window, signing 13 new players.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac allowed the club to smash their transfer record on multiple occasions.
Now, Nathan Broadhead is Wrexham’s record signing, joining from Ipswich Town for a £7.5m fee that could rise to £10m with add-ons.
However, Broadhead is not named as the Welsh side’s most valuable player.
Liberato Cacace is Wrexham’s most valuable player
Wrexham signed Liberato Cacace from Empoli over the summer in a deal that, without add-ons, cost around £2.2m.
The left-wing-back has shone in his very limited outings so far, featuring in what have arguably been their two best performances this season, which were the 2-0 win over Millwall and 2-1 loss to Southampton.
Cacace is currently injured and in his absence, Wrexham’s backline has looked much weaker.
Now, CIES Football Observatory have named the defender as the Dragons’ most valuable player.
They have put together a list detailing the ‘fair price’ of hundreds of clubs’ most expensive assets.
Cacace is, as of September 20, given a fair price of €4.8m-€5.6m (around £4.18-£4.88m).
Should Wrexham sell the player at the lower end of that estimate, they would still nearly double their money after paying just over £2m for the left-back this summer.
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Wrexham will need to sell players eventually
Since Reynolds and Mac’s takeover, the Dragons have not really had to sell players to remain sustainable.
Wrexham can spend £10m in January and still be within the Championship’s PSR rules.
However, there will come a time, especially if they remain in the second division for a few seasons, that the club will have to start selling players if they want to continue to spend big.
A predicted £50m revenue in the 2025/26 Championship season will obviously help keep the club inside the PSR rules.
But Wrexham had the highest net spend in the division this summer, earning just £150,000 from player sales, which is simply not sustainable in the long run.