Wrexham's transfer window is shaping up to be the most ambitious in the club's history, and that ambition tells you everything about where Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney believe this project is heading. Phil Parkinson is set to secure a £2m permanent deal for right-back Issa Kabore from Manchester City, a player who impressed on loan last season as Wrexham narrowly missed the Championship play-offs. That move alone would mark a statement of intent, but the club is reportedly going further, pursuing Lyon playmaker Pavel Sulc in what would shatter their transfer record again.

On the pitch, the early Championship picture is less polished. Two draws from two games leave Wrexham 13th with two points, level with Birmingham City directly below them. The draw with Watford at SToK Cae Ras on August 22 followed a painful opening-day 1-1 against Cardiff City, where a 98th-minute free-kick from Rubin Colwill denied Parkinson's side what would have been a morale-boosting first win. The manager was furious with the officials after that result, and his side have yet to keep a clean sheet in the Championship this season.

The squad investment suggests the ownership group views these early stumbles as a temporary concern rather than a structural one. Birmingham City visit SToK Cae Ras on August 28, and Wrexham will want their first win of the campaign before the transfer window closes and attention fully shifts to results.