Wrexham’s transfer record is set to be broken for the fourth time in 2025 as Phil Parkinson closes in on the signing of Nathan Broadhead.
We knew Wrexham would splash the cash this summer, but perhaps we underestimated just how much Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds were prepared to spend.
Wrexham snapped up Liberato Cacace earlier this month, breaking the transfer record set by Sam Smith’s move in January.
The New Zealand international was still learning the names of his new teammates when Wrexham pounced to sign Lewis O’Brien.
No fee was confirmed, but the deal for the midfielder is believed to have eclipsed the fee paid for Cacace just days earlier.
O’Brien seemingly won’t last long at the top of Wrexham’s transfer records either, with another huge deal now in the pipeline.
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Why Nathan Broadhead left Wrexham youth ranks
Reports on Wednesday evening suggested that Wrexham were chasing Nathan Broadhead and had made an approach to Ipswich Town for his signature.
The East Anglian Daily Times now claim that Broadhead is on the verge of joining Wrexham in a staggering £7.5million move.
This is enormous money for Wrexham, and Broadhead appears to be on the verge of a return to North Wales.
Broadhead hails from Bangor and spent time in the Wrexham youth ranks before leaving for Everton at the age of 10.
Broadhead was one who got away for Wrexham, but he is now set for a return, some 17 years since his departure.
The Wales international has previously spoken about leaving Wrexham, and how the decision was actually made by his parents.
Speaking to TWTD in 2023, Broadhead admitted that he was ‘settled’ at Wrexham and didn’t want to leave the club as a kid.
However, Broadhead’s parents ‘forced’ him to leave Wrexham and join Everton, seemingly sensing that a move to a Premier League academy could do wonders for him.
Broadhead can now accept that his parents were right, but he would seemingly have been happy to stay and learn his trade at Wrexham all those years ago.
“I was only 10 at the time and I didn’t really want to go because I was settled at Wrexham, but my mum and dad forced me to do it,” said Broadhead.
“They were right, of course, and I’m very grateful to them. It’s thanks to them that it helped me as a person and not just as a footballer,” he added.
Nathan Broadhead is returning to a very different Wrexham
17 years after leaving Wrexham, Broadhead is coming back – and the club is unrecognisable from the one he left.
Wrexham were struggling when Broadhead departed and simply couldn’t compete with the likes of Everton when it came to young talents.
The club went on to spend more than a decade in the National League before Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds completed a £2million takeover.
Now in the Championship after three straight promotions, Wrexham are aiming for the Premier League and want Broadhead to help achieve that feat.
If you had told Broadhead after his departure or even five years ago that he would be returning to Wrexham in a £7.5million transfer, he would have barely believed you.
The deal now appears to be a reality, and Broadhead finally has the chance to play for the Wrexham first team – and it’s an opportunity he looks ready to grasp.