Wrexham facing significant competition for summer signings

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson says the club are working on “several options” as they look to add more quality to their squad before the transfer window closes.

Wrexham were held to a 1-1 draw by Watford in their second league game of the season, and speaking afterwards, Parkinson provided an update on the club’s efforts.

“I don’t really want to put a number on it. We’re working towards several options,” Parkinson told The Leader.

“I had a great chat with Rob and Ryan before the game, and Mike (Williamson, chief executive) and Shaun (Harvey, director).

“We know what we’re trying to achieve, but when we compete for players we know top teams are trying to get those players as well.

“They’re the kind of difference-making type of players we want but when you’re in that battle for those players, you’ve got a lot of challenges in terms of other clubs trying to take them.

“We’re working as hard as we can and hopefully we’ll make good progress in this final 10 days of this transfer window.

“You don’t want to make a signing for the sake of it and say, ‘what we’ve done is we’ve spent big on a player, but it’s not the fit we want’.

“I think the three lads we brought in, everyone can see what good players they are and we’d like to add more quality if we can, but we have got players also to come back into the group.”

The Wrexham boss warned there was no guarantee of further arrivals, with competition for their targets coming from clubs across Europe.

“There’s no guarantee any signings will come in because the players we are competing for are wanted by other clubs in this division, and in other divisions around Europe,” Parkinson said.