Callum Wilson to Wrexham?! Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney told free agent Newcastle & England striker would be 'absolutely great signing'

The Red Dragons, who have seen three successive promotions lift them into the Championship, are in the process of identifying transfer targets. Phil Parkinson admits that “talks” with potential new recruits have already been held.

Wrexham are being linked with a number of players that boast top-flight experience, including Jamie Vardy, Tom Cairney, Patrick Bamford and Lewis O’Brien. There is supposedly little substance to that speculation.

The Welsh outfit are, however, being urged to consider a move for 33-year-old frontman Wilson, as the nine-cap England international will become a free agent when reaching the end of his contract at Newcastle this summer.

Former Magpies midfielder Dietmar Hamann has told BettingLounge.co.uk: “Callum Wilson would absolutely be a great signing for Wrexham. Newcastle will probably improve their squad for next season and it will be even harder to get game time.

“For Wrexham, if they want to get promoted into the Premier League they will probably need to have a Premier League level squad given the quality of the teams at the top of the Championship.

“So they will be looking at Premier League players and we’ve seen teams do back to back promotions from League One to the Premier League in recent years, Wrexham could be a similar story.

“A player like Callum Wilson with that experience, he will be able to keep the level up in the Championship and teach the young lads, I could see that signing being a success.”

Part of the problem for Wrexham would be Wilson’s wages, which are reported to be around £46,000-a-week. He has, however, suffered with injury issues of late and may be prepared to take a pay cut in order to join the ambitious project being pieced together by Hollywood superstars at SToK Racecourse.