'Resentment & disharmony' - Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney get £50k contract warning as Wrexham prepare to spend big in summer transfer window

The Red Dragons, on the back of three successive promotions, are readying themselves for life in the Championship. Hollywood co-owners continue to bankroll a meteoric rise, while leaving the door open for further investors to join the most ambitious of projects.

Recruitment records have been broken on a regular basis at SToK Racecourse, with Sam Smith becoming a £2 million addition in January 2025 - while ex-England international striker Jay Rodriguez has been acquired on a deal worth £15,000-a-week.

Wrexham are reportedly ready to roll the dice again, amid links to Fulham captain Tom Cairney - who is about to become a free agent - while big-money agreements are also being mooted at Birmingham, as Tom Brady and Co seek to make their own push towards the Premier League.

Former EFL player turned pundit Don Goodman has told Football League World of why splashing the cash is no guarantee of positive results and a happy camp: "If those figures that you’ve quoted are true, fifty thousand pounds a week that Wrexham are prepared to pay Tom Cairney and thirty thousand pounds a week Birmingham are prepared to pay Kwame Poku, then they will be two of the highest paid players in the Championship.

“That in itself is staggering really to be fair but those are two players that would undoubtedly help those two clubs in the Championship next season, there’s no question, and if that's the kind of money that it's going to take for them to attract that kind of player, then fair play to them.

“It’s just a case of how many others can you put on those kind of wages, and if it’s not many is there going to be resentment and disharmony in the changing room? I’m not sure about that so, yeah, impressive numbers but they don’t really guarantee you anything.”

Wrexham have also been linked with Premier League title-winning Leicester striker Jamie Vardy, after he bid farewell to the King Power Stadium, Nottingham Forest-owned midfielder Lewis O’Brien and Wales international Charlie Savage.