Wrexham won League One promotion in 2024/25, and one prediction made after the fact has been proven wrong.
Wrexham beat Charlton Athletic 3-0 at the Racecourse Ground on April 26, 2025.
Thanks to Wycombe Wanderers dropping points earlier that day, this meant the Dragons had secured second place in League One with a game to spare.
Following the Welsh side going back-to-back-to-back, former Birmingham City player Troy Deeney suggested Wrexham would struggle to spend to the level they want.
He said: “I think they’ll struggle to spend to the level they want. I think, just as much as giving Phil Parkinson great credit for what he’s done so far, I think the way that they play is very basic in terms of being well organised, they’re structured, they go back to front very quickly, they get a lot of crosses in the box… that’s food and drink in the Championship, everyone should be ready to do that.”
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Wrexham transfer spend in the Championship
The 2025 summer transfer window closed earlier this month, and it’s fair to say that Wrexham were able to spend to the level they wanted.
Across two transfer windows in League One, the Dragons paid out around £4.33m for players, as per Transfermarkt.
However, in just one window in the Championship, Wrexham spent £33m on 13 new players, which is a 680.11% increase from last term.
- Ryan Hardie (£700,000)
- Danny Ward (Free)
- Liberato Cacace (£2.16m)
- George Thomason (£1.2m)
- Josh Windass (Free)
- Lewis O’Brien (£3m)
- Conor Coady (£2m)
- Kieffer Moore (£2m)
- Nathan Broadhead (£7.5m)
- Callum Doyle (£5m)
- Ben Sheaf (£6.5m)
- Issa Kabore (Loan)
- Dom Hyam (£2.7m)
That figure could still increase if certain add-ons are met as well, with Broadhead potentially costing a total of £10m and Doyle’s £5m move able to rise to around £7.5m.
Wrexham transfer spend vs Championship
Not only did Wrexham break their own transfer record in the summer of 2025, they were one of the highest spenders in the Championship.
In fact, only two sides, both of whom came down from the Premier League with parachute payments and several sellable assets, spent more this summer.
Ipswich Town paid out the most for players in the second tier with an expenditure of around £51.77m.
Southampton spent the second most, with an outlay of around £48.8m to put them above Wrexham, who took third place.
As for Birmingham, they did a lot of their spending in League One, only paying out around £12.5m in the most recent window.
All fees via Transfermarkt, correct as of 27/09/25