Wrexham are preparing for life in the Championship and an insight into the club’s transfer plans has already emerged.
For the first time since the 1980s, Wrexham are back playing in the second tier of English football.
The transfer window will officially open on June 1 and a number of new faces are expected to arrive in Wales.
Earlier in May, Phil Parkinson confirmed Wrexham talks with players have already begun to take place following the close of the season.
Meanwhile, the manager has since given a more detailed insight into the type of star the club could recruit this summer.
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Phil Parkinson says Wrexham looking at Premier League loans
Parkinson confirmed earlier this week that Wrexham want Premier League players on loan.
He said: “The loan market is something we are looking at. It’s all about touching base with the Premier League loan managers, making sure we have an understanding of who could become available.
“A lot of those players (whose loan spells for 2024-25 have now ended) will probably go back and start pre-season with their clubs because managers like numbers around them for pre-season games. We can probably attract a better calibre of player than we’d have been able to do in the past.”
Following those comments, Wrexham have been linked with Myles Peart-Harris of Brentford ahead of a possible loan move.
Wrexham have not used the loan market much in the last four years, with Arthur Okonkwo the only temporary arrival from a top flight club.
And while it’s not a bad transfer strategy, the Dragons must be careful they don’t rely too much on loan stars with no future at the club.
Wrexham must be wary of Championship club’s failure
One team who did this in recent years and is now paying the price for a lack of long-term planning is Middlesbrough.
In 2022/23, Boro signed Ryan Giles on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers, Rodrigo Muniz from Fulham, Zack Steffen from Manchester City and both Cameron Archer and Jacob Ramsey arrived from Aston Villa.
The majority of those names were key figures on Teesside that season and helped Middlesbrough finish fourth to reach the Championship play-offs.
However, they then lost in the semi-finals and all of those names then returned to their parent clubs in the summer of 2023.
There were no options to buy in place on any of them, and it left Boro with a massive rebuilding job on their hands.
What has since followed is the club moving backwards, going from fourth, to seventh in 2023/24 to 10th in 2024/25.
Premier League loan signings can, of course, be very effective and it’s definitely something Wrexham should explore. They must just be careful not to become too reliant on players who won’t be at the Racecourse in a year’s time because if it doesn’t work out, they could be set back several years.