Everyone wants to get involved with Wrexham, including ex-Wales forward Hal Robson-Kanu.
The former West Brom and Reading attacker took to Instagram to pitch Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds on the prospect of the 33-year-old coming out of retirement to play for the Welsh club next season.
“I’ll come out of retirement and come to play for [Wrexham] next season,” wrote Robson-Kanu in a reply to Reynolds’ latest Wrexham-related Instagram post. “I’ll also give my salary to the charity of the fans choosing.”
Based on the way the season is going, that would be an offer to play in League Two. With two games to go, Wrexham has a four-point lead over Notts County in the National League, England’s fifth tier.
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The club owned by Reynolds and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney has won 33 league matches this season, and with just one more, they’ll clinch a championship and the promotion to League Two that comes with it.
Robson-Kanu retired after the 2020-21 season, during which his playing time dropped as West Brom suffered relegation from the Premier League. However, at just 33 years old and having spent 13 seasons playing in England’s top two divisions, it stands to reason that he’d be able to make a serious impact in League Two. It’s not that often that an attacking player with 46 caps for Wales is running at defenders in the fourth tier.
There’s also precedent for Wrexham being the place for retired Premier League players to get back on the field. Former England goalkeeper Ben Foster had been retired for four months before signing a short-term contract with Wrexham.
It proved to be a crucial move for Wrexham, as Foster saved a stoppage-time Notts County penalty earlier this month. That preserved what appears to be a decisive win in Wrexham’s pursuit of promotion.
Still, conducting transfer policy over Instagram is not necessarily the club’s norm, and Robson-Kanu doesn’t appear to have gotten a (public) reply from Reynolds or anyone from the sporting side at the club. Robson-Kanu donating his wages to charity may make the move more appealing, but actually getting signed might require touching base through more traditional means.
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