Nobody can claim that Wrexham have not given the Championship a real go this season.
Wrexham’s owners vowed to be ‘aggressive’ during the summer transfer window and have delivered on their promise with around £40m spent on new acquisitions.
Nathan Broadhead became Wrexham’s record signing but was closely followed by the £8m addition of Callum Doyle and the £6.5m signing of Ben Sheaf on deadline day.
There were a number of high-profile departures from the club including Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer but Phil Parkinson’s squad is looking very healthy heading into the first international break of the campaign.
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Wrexham’s confirmed transfer business in and out this summer
It has been a rollercoaster of a summer for Wrexham fans with Parkinson looking to revamp his squad ahead of the Championship campaign.
The manager knew he was going to need several incomings to make his squad good enough to compete with the step up in quality.
It meant that some fan favourites were no longer able to travel on the club’s journey and none were felt more so than the departures of Mullin and Palmer.
| Wrexham transfer ins | Notable Wrexham transfer outs |
| Danny Ward | Sam Dalby |
| Ryan Hardie | Steven Fletcher |
| Liberato Cacace | Jordan Davies |
| Lewis O’Brien | Mark Howard |
| George Thomason | Paul Mullin |
| Josh Windass | Ollie Palmer |
| Kieffer Moore | George Evans |
| Nathan Broadhead | Modou Faal |
| Conor Coady | Jack Marriott |
| Callum Doyle | Jacob Mendy |
| Ben Sheaf | Thomas O’Connor |
| Issa Kabore | Will Boyle |
| Dominic Hyam | Luke Bolton |
| Sebastian Revan |
Parkinson will need to finalise his 25-man squad ahead of the Championship campaign and now has an array of options in each position.
He has already come under scrutiny for his goalkeeper selection of Danny Ward over Arthur Okonkwo and many more will have their opinions on Wrexham’s new best XI.
Wrexham’s new best XI after summer transfer window
Four points from their first four games and Parkinson has real competition for places in each position of his Wrexham squad.
The manager is unlikely to stray from his trusted 3-5-2 formation, however, did experiment with having two advanced midfielders behind a lone striker in pre-season.
With the personnel at his disposal, Parkinson’s best XI will now include Broadhead and Josh Windass playing just behind Kieffer Moore in a repeat of his pre-season trick.
The ideal starting line-up would mean that there is only one survivor from the team that helped the club to League One promotion – Max Cleworth.
It would leave the likes of Sam Smith and Ollie Rathbone on the bench ready to make an impact but Parkinson really does have a squad ready to compete in the higher ends of the division.