Manchester United defender Jonny Evans would be a target for Wrexham after their promotion to the championship while approaching the end of his contract with Old Trafford
Wrexham focuses on a move for Manchester United defender Jonny Evans while they start preparing for their summer company after earning promotion to the championship. The Welsh outfit is the first team in English history to claim three consecutive promotions and will now have sights in the Premier League.
The dragons – owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney – have been tipped to start an expenditure and bring a number of controversial names to the racing course ground.
Jamie Vardy is linked to the club after news, he will leave Leicester this summer, but there have been doubts about the move in the midst of claims that the striker would like to stay in the Premier League.
According to The Sun, Evans is a player on the Wrexham wish list because they look to take the quality they need to stay in the championship, and possibly even bring a promotion to the top flight.
Evans returned to Old Trafford in 2023, after leaving the club in 2014, and was initially only a short signing for the preseason. But after he made an impression in the summer, he got a one-year-old deal and played 23 times in the 2023-24 campaign.
He signed another extension in the summer of 2024 and played 12 times this season in all competitions before he picked up muscle injury that had excluded him for four months. The 37-year-old deal will end again in June and he is not expected to be offered an extension.
The report claims that in addition to Evans and Vardy, Wrexham also to Newcastle attacker Callum Wilson, Everton -defender Michael Keane or even Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne -who becomes a free agent, could view -who becomes a free agent.
But Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson warned that the club has a “no superstars, no egos” policy, and has carefully made a close-kit team that has enjoyed so much success.
“We didn't really talk about anything,” said Parkinson's. “We have always kept an eye on players who are free transfers and will be available.
“I find it interesting because the jump in the salaries is incredible, amazing. Even comes to this level, the leap to get players of championship quality is expensive.
“But clearly the next level, I don't think people outside of football realize. They think players in League One should be several millionaires, but the drop-off of what people in the press read about Premier League players is huge.
“That is a challenge, but what we have always tried to do is ensure that the culture is right in the club. No superstars, no egos in the dressing room, and we have to try to get that balance good again, to ensure that the right people enter the building.”