Paul Mullin, the poster boy of a Wrexham team soaring through England's football leagues following their takeover by Hollywood celebrities, has left the club to join League One side Wigan on a season-long loan deal.
"I'm excited for the next part of my story," Mullin told Wigan's official website on Monday. "I've scored a lot of goals over the last few years, but more than anything, I give my absolute all for the club that I'm playing for, and I'm going to do that again with Wigan."
Wigan said the loan deal was subject to the approval of the English Football League and the Football Association, and international clearance.
Mullin helped Wrexham become the first team in the history of English football's top five divisions to secure three successive promotions, and there is a giant mural of the 30-year-old striker in the center of the city.
He formed such a close bond with Ryan Reynolds, one of the club's owners, that he even appeared in the last "Deadpool" movie.
But Mullin, who had been Wrexham's player of the season in each of the three previous years, was only a bit-part performer when the team won promotion to the second tier last season.
It was a sudden turn of events for a player who has had a leading role in the popular "Welcome to Wrexham" fly-on-the-wall documentary created by Reynolds and Rob McElhenney to follow their progress as rookie soccer club owners.
McElhenney once hailed Mullin as "one of the greatest football players in the world."
Mullin has scored 110 goals in 172 games for Wrexham.
Related News
07 Mar, 2025
Danny Jones makes first TV appearance si . . .
23 Feb, 2025
'Are the players fighting for me? ... No . . .
31 May, 2025
Oscars Academy Celebrates Legacy Of Aami . . .
23 Apr, 2025
BMW tops the list of Glasgow’s most sold . . .
24 May, 2025
NZ-born Fortune 500 CEO Glenn Renwick di . . .
14 Jul, 2025
‘Never give up hope’: Forgotten man in m . . .
25 Apr, 2025
URSA Clusters comes under a cloud of sus . . .
20 Feb, 2025
Fraser Brown: Why Darcy Graham should si . . .