Wrexham dealt huge injury blow! Josh Windass substituted early in West Brom defeat after appearing to pull his hamstring in first home game of Championship season

Windass pulled up half an hour into the defeat to West Bromwich Albion and was replaced by Nathan Broadhead. It appeared to be a hamstring issue, which doesn't bode well for his availability over the coming weeks. 

Windass only arrived at Wrexham during the summer after five years with Sheffield Wednesday, part of the club's targeted recruitment efforts to add players with existing Championship experience to the squad. He impressed fans during a first pre-season appearance against Groningen and then netted Wrexham's first goal in the second tier of English football in more than 40 years on the opening day of the 2025-26 campaign. The 31-year-old also converted in the penalty shootout victory over Hull City in the Carabao Cup second round. 

"I haven't spoken to the physio yet," Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson said when he addressed the media after the game, confirming he would be doing shortly. "When a player pulls up like that, it's not good."  

Depending on the exact severity of the hamstring issue, Windass could be facing anything from a week or two on the sidelines, to several months. Given the impact the attacking midfielder has made during his short spell so far, it is a big setback for a club hovering above the Championship relegation zone on goal difference alone after back-to-back defeats.