Ryan Reynolds appears to reward Wrexham their ‘personal Paul Scholes’ with ex-Man Utd man

Wrexham are contemplating a transfer for a former Manchester United prospect who Sir Alex Ferguson as soon as believed to be the successor to Paul Scholes. The Red Dragons are on the hunt for high-calibre gamers who can enhance their National League title-winning group, as they make a return to the Football League after a 15-year hiatus.

And in keeping with The Mirror, departing Stoke City midfielder Nick Powell is underneath severe consideration. A product of Crewe Alexandra’s youth academy, United paid the Railwaymen £6million to signal Powell 11 years in the past.

Back then, he was being hailed as one of many excellent English gamers of his era. He loved an exceptional 16-goal League Two season in 2011-12 that noticed him choose up Crewe’s awards for Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year.

But he was by no means in a position to take his sport to the subsequent degree at Old Trafford and as an alternative spent mortgage spells with Wigan Athletic, Leicester City and Hull City earlier than signing for Wigan completely in 2016. Powell joined Stoke City in 2019 however following a sequence of accidents is now a free agent after his contract with the Potters was allowed to run out on the finish of the season.

Should Wrexham’s homeowners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney persuade Powell to step down two divisions and be a part of their promotion cost in North Wales, it could should be on significantly lowered wages to what he has develop into accustomed to on the Bet365 Stadium.

Powell is known to have been one in every of Stoke’s prime earners, round £16,000 per week. That kind of bundle is not going to be on provide in League Two, even with the monetary clout of Reynolds and McElhenney to prop issues up, but when Powell is seeking to take his profession in a brand new route there are solutions that he should still need to be a part of the trip with the Hollywood homeowners.

Should they persuade the defensive midfielder to drop down two ranges he would probably obtain a bundle not less than on par with the membership’s prime earner, striker Paul Mullin.

The Liverpool-born ahead has already dedicated his future to Wrexham by signing a brand new three-year deal, whereas former England worldwide Ben Foster has additionally confirmed that he’ll stick with the membership an additional 12 months to lengthen his goalkeeping profession.

Reynolds and McElhenney urged on the finish of final season that they want Welsh famous person Gareth Bale to return out of retirement and revel in a season with Wrexham. Bt with little probability of that materialising, the membership is conscious that they have to enable supervisor Phil Parkinson to establish extra practical targets.

The Red Dragons boss has already indicated that he’s ready to be affected person to be able to deliver the very best gamers attainable to the Racecourse Stadium, but it surely stays to be seen if the proficient Powell can be one in every of them.