Broadhead Fee Reflects 'real Championship Quality'

Manager Phil Parkinson says Wrexham had to break their ain transportation grounds to get "real Championship quality" successful signing Nathan Broadhead.

Wales guardant Broadhead, 27, has joined from Ipswich Town connected a four-year woody which could yet beryllium worthy £10m.

Wrexham's erstwhile grounds transportation interest was believed to beryllium successful excess of £3m erstwhile they signed midfielder Lewis O'Brien from Nottingham Forest successful July.

"The interest has been retired location astatine £10m but I deliberation we person to get to nan Premier League and triumph nan Champions League to get to that," Parkinson told BBC Sport Wales.

"But it's a value for a subordinate of existent Championship quality.

"The interest pinch Ipswich had been agreed a for a agelong time, evidently they wanted to motion a subordinate truthful we had to beryllium patient.

"But they've been adjacent and some parties are happy pinch nan deal."

Bangor-born Broadhead was successful nan last twelvemonth of his statement pinch Ipswich, wherever he scored 23 goals successful 83 appearances.

Last play Broadhead, who started his master profession astatine Everton, scored 2 goals successful 18 Premier League games for Kieran McKenna's side.

"He's conscionable sewage that Championship pedigree, nan expertise to create thing successful tight situations, you request players to unlock nan doorway and create cardinal moments successful games and Nathan's sewage that," Parkinson added.

"He's shown it astatine Ipswich astatine levels complete nan past fewer seasons and evidently nan communicative of him coming location is simply a awesome 1 arsenic well.

"He was really keen to travel present and I'm really looking guardant to moving pinch him."

Broadhead is Wrexham's ninth signing since they were promoted from League One past play – their 3rd successive automatic promotion.

The Dragons person surgery their transportation grounds connected galore occasions since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took power of nan nine successful 2021.

Parkinson acknowledged nan backing of nan club's owners successful preparing a squad to compete successful nan Championship this season.

"I deliberation it's cardinal - there's a batch of spending powerfulness successful nan division," Parkinson said.

"I deliberation from time 1 we've moved truthful quickly and we've ever had to activity difficult arsenic a nine to accelerated way nan value level for nan first squad arsenic we've ever played catch-up.

"But we've travel to this section very quickly and it's important that we bought successful Championship modular players to thief america connected this travel and besides assistance nan existing players who've done truthful good complete nan past fewer years."