Retired Premier League star believes Wrexham owners have 'added' to football: 'They'll never be forgotten'

Wrexham are preparing for life in the EFL Championship after three promotions in three seasons, and Gordon Strachan thinks the sky's the limit for the Welsh club.

 

After spending years mired in non-league football, the Red Dragons have experienced a meteoric rise up the pyramid and now sit just one division below the Premier League.

Strachan believes Wrexham will be in tough during their upcoming campaign, but he has seen enough out of the club to back them for success in their latest chapter.

“It's an overpowering league because there's a good level to it, good strength, good fitness, physical side to it," Strachan told OLBG. "It's non-stop. League One is a bit like that as well, but this has gone up a level again. 

“Wherever Wrexham have been, they've managed to come up and lift themselves up again. Once you've got momentum that they've got, it's a powerful thing, the mental side of football, the momentum, and how good you feel about yourself and how strong you feel. 

“If you've got this mental strength and you think you're really fantastically fit and you run about like a maniac, there's not much change to the physical side of it. 

“But the mental side is different; you can’t think that you can run anywhere and do anything. I don't think they've had any real down moments, so that will be one to watch.

“If they struggle, which they've not done in the last five years since they've been taken over. You wonder what will happen."

Much of Wrexham's success has been attributed to its owners, Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, who purchased the Welsh side in 2021 and oversaw the team's rise to the Championship.

Strachan feels the actors could not achieve anything else with the club and still be viewed as legends by Wrexham supporters and football fans in general.

“They've been exciting. They've added to football," he said. "Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have come in. Whatever happens, they'll never be forgotten. 

“I think that's a great thing about football, if you leave memories for people. That's what these two have done, these owners. 

“They've gone in there and they're now not even, the memory is not just for Wrexham, but football itself.”

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