Wrexham invested heavily in the summer, bringing in 10 new signings and spending over £20m by the club's standards, including Callum Doyle in a deal potentially worth £7.5m. The side has begun life in the Championship with unfamiliar challenges, failing to win in their first three league matches and conceding a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Sheffield Wednesday. Manager Phil Parkinson warned of a step-up in quality and suggested potential squad changes before the transfer deadline. Former players noted that adapting to a higher division and increased scrutiny will take time and further reinforcement.
With 10 new signings - at an unprecedented 20m-plus cost for a club in non-league three years ago - there was always going to be a different look to Phil Parkinson's side now they have begun life in the Championship. There is a new division to get used to, new players who have to get used to each other, not to mention the new pressures of that extra layer of attention being one tier away from the Premier League.
"We looked like a Championship team in the first half and a League One team after the break," is how Parkinson described the 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday, a result that means the north Wales side have gone the first three league games of a campaign without victory for the first time since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's 2021 takeover.
Wrexham's club record-shattering transfer outlay has been the talk of many this summer, with young defender Callum Doyle on the bench on Saturday following his move from Manchester City in a deal that could eventually rise to 7.5m. It is all relative given Wrexham's revenues - and it is far from unheard of at Championship level. But it has caught the eye and Parkinson seemingly sees the merits in adding more before next Monday's deadline.
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