{"id":21415,"date":"2025-07-25T15:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21415\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:26:12","slug":"wrexham-make-surprise-swoop-for-man-utd-exile-as-ryan-reynolds-shows-ambition-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/21415\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrexham make surprise swoop for Man Utd exile as Ryan Reynolds shows ambition | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wrexham<\/a> have shown serious ambition<\/a> ahead of their Championship return by launching a swoop for former Manchester United<\/a> midfielder, Christian Eriksen. The Red Dragons were unsuccessful in their efforts, but it is a sign of Ryan Reynolds<\/a> and Rob McElhenney’s<\/a> burning desire to propel from the National League to the Premier League<\/a> in four years.<\/p>\n

Wrexham made history by completing back-to-back-to-back promotions last season, and they are now preparing for life in the second tier. According to the Daily Mail<\/a>, they attempted to bolster their midfield ranks by recruiting Eriksen following his Old Trafford exit<\/a> earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old was said to be impressed by Wrexham’s proposal, but his priority is to continue playing at the top level next season.<\/p>\n

The report adds that Eriksen has also been approached by clubs in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Brazil.<\/p>\n

His representative, Martin Schoots, has reacted to Wrexham’s swoop, hailing the Welsh outfit for appointing Michael Williamson – formerly of Inter Milan, DC United and Miami FC – as CEO in May 2024.<\/p>\n

He said: “Wrexham are really upgrading everything both on and off the field, and it is a hugely impressive project, as you can see from the presence of people like Michael Williamson there.<\/p>\n

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“But Christian still wants to play in a first-tier competition, and he absolutely wants to stay in Western Europe. There are some contacts going on, but it has to suit both sides.”<\/p>\n

Eriksen joined United on a free transfer as one of Erik ten Hag<\/a>‘s first signings in 2022, following a successful return to football at Brentford after his cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n

The Denmark international, among the Premier League’s top playmakers in his generation, marked his departure by scoring a penalty in front of the Stretford End on the final day of last season.<\/p>\n

After the 2-0 victory against Aston Villa, he penned: “A huge thank you to all the fans who have supported me through the last three years as a @manchesterunited player.<\/p>\n

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“Thank you to all the kind and hard-working people at the club who have made me and my family feel so welcomed since day one.<\/p>\n

“And a big thank you to my team-mates, it has been a pleasure sharing the changing room and pitch together!<\/p>\n

“It has been an amazing time, and I have made some incredible memories that I will keep forever. Thank you, Christian.”<\/p>\n

Eriksen made 107 appearances for United, scoring eight goals and providing 19 assists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham have shown serious ambition ahead of their Championship return by launching a swoop for former Manchester United…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,21933,7383,1752,1614,2088,21931,85,21932,21930],"class_list":["post-21415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-football-section","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-ryan-reynolds","tag-sport-section","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news-section","tag-wrexham-afc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}