{"id":69871,"date":"2025-08-14T20:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69871\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:30:13","slug":"official-wrexham-statement-confirms-new-club-record-signing-as-phil-parkinson-splashes-the-cash-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69871\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Wrexham statement confirms new club-record signing as Phil Parkinson splashes the cash again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wrexham have secured a ninth signing of the summer after announcing the arrival of Welsh forward Nathan Broadhead from Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrexham<\/a> have spent handsomely this summer, breaking the club\u2019s transfer record on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/liberato-cacace-says-why-he-signed-for-wrexham-as-ryan-reynolds-and-rob-mac-smash-record-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liberato Cacace joined Wrexham<\/a> in a club-record move earlier in the summer, before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/lewis-obrien-shares-instant-verdict-on-wrexham-transfer-as-phil-parkinson-left-delighted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis O\u2019Brien\u2019s switch from Nottingham Forest<\/a> eclipsed that deal, at least in terms of fixed money.<\/p>\n<p>Wrexham have now shattered that record again, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/tag\/nathan-broadhead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Broadhead<\/a> completing his move from Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p>Reports earlier on Thursday suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/wrexham-have-agreed-club-record-10m-deal-to-sign-welsh-international-player-arriving-for-medical-today\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrexham had agreed to sign Broadhead<\/a> in a deal worth up to \u00a310million.<\/p>\n<p>Broadhead has been a key Wrexham target for weeks now, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/tag\/phil-parkinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Parkinson<\/a> has landed his man in a stunning record-breaking move.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2070655505-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Broadhead of Ipswich Town looks on during a pitch inspection prior to the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff City and Ipswich Town\" class=\"wp-image-42161\" \/>Photo by Ryan Hiscott\/Getty ImagesNathan Broadhead reacts as Wrexham transfer announced<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrexhaminsider.com\/transfer-news\/nathan-broadheads-ipswich-town-absence-explained-as-welsh-ace-eyes-wrexham-transfer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadhead missed Ipswich\u2019s defeat at Bromley<\/a> in midweek, with boss Kieran McKenna claiming illness as the reason for his absence.<\/p>\n<p>Tongues were wagging, though, with Wrexham fans hoping that Broadhead had been let out to avoid being cup-tied ahead of a move to the ST\u014dK Cae Ras.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, Wrexham now have Broadhead on board as the ninth signing of a busy summer for Parkinson.<\/p>\n<p>Broadhead previously spent time in the Wrexham youth ranks, but joined Everton at a very young age.<\/p>\n<p>Now heading back to Wrexham, Broadhead has shared his excitement after completing his return to the club.<\/p>\n<p>Broadhead issued a rallying cry, calling on everybody in North Wales to get behind Wrexham and show belief in Parkinson\u2019s project this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time coming and I\u2019m delighted to join the Club,\u201d said Broadhead on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrexhamafc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/august\/14\/signed---wrexham-afc-sign-cymru-international-nathan-broadhead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrexham\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelief is going to be the biggest thing for us this season. We want to get everyone from North Wales down to the ST\u014dK Cae Ras and to show that belief in us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drafted. Signed. Boldly brewed. Welcome to Wrexham, Nathan Broadhead.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34\u26aa <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WxmAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WxmAFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wrexham AFC (@Wrexham_AFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wrexham_AFC\/status\/1956030613175329000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 14, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> Phil Parkinson on Nathan Broadhead deal<\/p>\n<p>Broadhead has signed a four-year contract at Wrexham and could go straight into the squad to face West Bromwich Albion this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is a proven Championship force, having hit 13 goals in Ipswich\u2019s promotion-winning season in 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson would love a similar impact this season and has welcomed Broadhead to Wrexham.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson claims that Broadhead showed a \u2018real desire\u2019 to play for Wrexham, and he can\u2019t wait to work with the Welsh international moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted to welcome Nathan to the Club, he\u2019s a local boy who had a real desire to come and play for his hometown Club,\u201d said Parkinson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all looking forward to working with him in the coming seasons,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>This is an emotional move for Broadhead and an exciting one for Wrexham fans, with Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds continuing to back Parkinson with major additions to his squad.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham have secured a ninth signing of the summer after announcing the arrival of Welsh forward Nathan Broadhead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,42878,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-69871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nathan-broadhead","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}