Wrexham reveal their released list after promotion-winning season with two former Premier League stars set to stay

WREXHAM have revealed the club’s released list following promotion to League One.

The Welsh outfit achieved back-to-back promotions as it continues to climb the English football ladder under its Hollywood ownership.

Luke Young is one player on the released listGetty

GettyCaptain Ben Tozer has also been left without a club[/caption]

RexSteven Fletcher and James McClean are both set to stay[/caption]

ReutersWrexham co-owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have taken the club to League One[/caption]

Wrexham was taken over by Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenney in 2020.

They have helped the club get out of the National League and will now compete in League One after a successful season in League Two.

The club’s squad will have a very different look come the new season as EIGHT players have been released.

This includes captain Ben Tozer, who made 131 appearances for the club during his four-year spell at the club.

Other notable players that will be on the hunt for a new club include goalkeeper Rob Lainton, defenders Callum McFadzean, Aaron Hayden and Jordan Tunnicliffe as well as midfielder Luke Young.

Youngsters Owen Cushion and Dan Davies have also been released by the club.

However, ex-Premier League stars Steven Fletcher and James McClean are set to stay.

McClean has seen his contract automatically extended for the 2024/25 campaign.

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While Fletcher has been offered a new deal to stay at the Racecourse Ground.

Manager Phil Parkinson has admitted that building the squad for League One will be a challenge.

He said: “I have been very much focused on the team and getting the job done.

“But naturally conversations are always going on about budgets, whatever division we were going to end up in and possible players

“It is a really exciting summer that lies ahead of us.

“The massive challenge for us is can we build this squad strongly to challenge in League One.

“I am really looking forward to taking on that challenge throughout the summer months.”

As for Wrexham’s targets for next season, executive director Humphrey Ker is eyeing a top half finish in League One.

He has revealed the club are hopeful of finishing in upper mid-table on their return to the third tier.

Ker told the Independent: “I think we’ve often talked about the idea that it takes three transfer windows to really build a squad into what you need to compete in any one division and next season will be one window shorter than that.

“But I think the core of this team is very strong. They’re very strong personalities, good players and they love each other, so that’s a great basis to build from.

“We’ll be adding players in the summer and sadly saying goodbye to one or two, which is sort of just the nature of football, and then we’ll sort of see where we wind up.

“Inside the building, we’re like, ‘Look, our objective is get up and stay up, stabilise and build a good platform and go again the following year.’

“But stranger things than promotion have happened – we might go through the division again.

“To be honest, that would probably be too fast for us. It wouldn’t actually be that good for the club as a whole if we did go all the way through this year because we’d just be going so quickly.

“Then we’d be trying to catch up with infrastructure and our facilities and everything would be a big, big challenge. So I think something nice and comfortable – upper mid-table, please! Tenth. I’d be very happy with that.”

GettyExecutive director Humphrey Ker is targeting a top half finish in League One[/caption]

Wrexham’s full retained/released list

Here is a rundown of Wrexham’s full list of players that have been released and retained.

Released:

Aaron Hayden
Rob Lainton
Callum McFadzean
Ben Tozer
Jordan Tunnicliffe
Luke Young
Owen Cushion
Dan Davies

Offers:

Steven Fletcher
Mark Howard
Aaron James

Retained:

James McClean
Harry Ashfield
Callum Edwards
Liam Hall
James Rainbird

Decision Pending:

Scott Butler
Harry Dean