00:00now for Wrexham of course
00:04they're preparing for a season in England's second tier
00:07which is the championship after what has been
00:09let's be honest a meteoric rise
00:11since they were taken over by their Hollywood owners
00:13of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney
00:15a few years ago
00:16they were in non-league football
00:19when the two of them took over the Welsh club
00:21and now they're in England's second tier
00:23and just one promotion away from the Premier League
00:25it's been quite the rise
00:27obviously a lot of money pumped into them
00:29as a club which is
00:31unfortunately probably the way that things have
00:33to be done if you're wanting to achieve
00:35success in the modern game of football
00:37in this country
00:38so what can Wrexham achieve this season
00:41certainly they've been busy
00:43so far in the transfer market
00:45once again bringing in a whole host
00:47of new players to the club
00:49trying to make them competitive for the championship
00:52they've done this all the way through
00:53they've understood that you can't just be competitive in one league
00:55and then be promoted and then expect the same players
00:58to once again be good enough
00:59you have to build as a club
01:00and some players unfortunately get left behind in that journey
01:03but they've done what they were brought in to do
01:06for that period
01:08but now they're heading into England's second tier
01:10and they're looking to compete
01:13whether promotion is on the cards this season
01:16perhaps might be a step too far
01:18for them after of course all those successive
01:20and back-to-back promotions they've had
01:21in the journey up to this point
01:23but the championship is a hard, hard league
01:26but I think they'll certainly give it a good crack
01:29so to find out exactly where they're at
01:31in terms of their spending
01:31what they've done so far this summer
01:33and also what they can achieve going into the championship
01:36let's go now to our Wales sport correspondent
01:39Charles Hague-Jones
01:40Charles, let's look at Wrexham's spending so far
01:43Charles, what can you tell us
01:44and what are you expecting from Wrexham this season?
01:47Yeah, Wrexham's transfers have been pretty unbelievable really
01:55as we mentioned before
01:56they have broken their transfer record a number of times
02:00I believe the last time that they actually broke it
02:03before they broke it this summer
02:04was something to do with the 1960s
02:08this is a record that's been standing for so long now
02:11for Wrexham
02:13they're a club who are certainly on the rise
02:14they're a club who, as it's been well documented
02:17are showing found interest in the Premier League
02:21in making that step up
02:23one thing that sort of interested me
02:26and I think could come to bite them in the long term
02:29is the fact that their assets
02:31they don't really have many young players
02:34who are going to be
02:35sort of pushing them across the line
02:38and inventing to sort of get a bit more profit
02:41in terms of outgoing transfers
02:43but if that's the way these owners want to do it
02:46I mean that's the model
02:47they've gone for the last few seasons
02:49and they've gone back-to-back-to-back promotions
02:51an EFL record
02:52to make it another promotion
02:54you know, that is the biggest ask at the moment
02:58I think that's going to be an incredibly tough task
03:00they've obviously got Birmingham City League 1 winners
03:03you know, you can't forget they've come up with them
03:04you've got the teams dropping down from the Premier League
03:07who are going to be right up there again
03:08and there's teams who have also invested and have takeovers
03:11for example
03:12Phil Parkinson's side
03:14have got so much, you know, confidence going forward
03:18there's obviously, you know, concerns about the squad quality
03:22for the second tier
03:23can they get that consistency?
03:26but, you know, you have to look at their home form
03:29if they return home
03:30they haven't lost at home in so, so long
03:33not at all last season
03:34if they can continue that at the racecourse ground
03:38it would be simply groundbreaking for Parkinson's side
03:41and who knows where they could end up
03:43they've got that run of back-to-back home games
03:46obviously including the EFL Cup
03:47from game week 2 to game week 5
03:50I mean, that is interesting to see
03:51how West Brom, Sheffield Wednesday
03:53you know, QPR, Derby
03:56these sides are going to fare
03:57and then obviously October comes
03:59and you have that Hollywood Derby
04:01that's dubbed between Wrexham and Birmingham City
04:04that's going to be interesting as well
04:05I mean, I think they will
04:09at the moment avoid relegation
04:11how narrowly we'll be suggesting
04:13we'll see how that gets on
04:14but I think people are overlooking Wrexham this season
04:17I don't think they're going to be up there
04:19challenging for promotion
04:20just because of the, you know, sort of
04:23yes, they've got experience
04:24but are they consistent with that model?
04:27We'll see
04:27I do think they will survive though
04:29I think there's worse teams in the Championship
04:31there's worse teams who haven't invested as well
04:33we'll see
04:34but for Wrexham fans it's very interesting
04:36they have to be delighted
04:38and just enjoy every moment
04:40to be back in the second tier
04:42we'll see you next time
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