Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenny go big! Wrexham ready to pay Premier League captain £50,000-a-week as Tom Cairney prepares to leave Fulham

The 34-year-old midfielder is preparing to bid farewell to Craven Cottage after 10 years in west London. Cairney’s contract will expire when the 2024-25 campaign comes to a close, allowing him to seek out a new challenge as a free agent.

It has been suggested that the two-cap Scotland international will be offered the chance to join the most ambitious of projects in North Wales. Reynolds and McElhenney are drawing up recruitment plans at Wrexham on the back of three successive promotions.

They are eager to find Premier League pedigree ahead of joining the Championship ranks, and talkSPORT claims that Cairney will be offered a deal worth £50k a week. That would represent a significant pay rise on his current £30k contract at Fulham.

Wrexham would also be smashing their own recruitment records, with ex-England international Jay Rodriguez currently their top earner on £15,000-a-week. Reynolds and McElhenney are prepared to speculate in order to accumulate precious points.

Cairney, who has graced the English top-flight on 142 occasions, has 318 Championship appearances to his name from spells with Hull City, Blackburn Rovers and Fulham. He would add vital second tier experience to Phil Parkinson’s squad.