For Nathan Broadhead, returning to Wrexham was more of a spiritual return, rather than a literal one.Broadhead says that when he was 10, he moved from Wrexham to Everton for around ten grand. “It was too far back to feel like I was homecoming,” Broadhead explains to Sky Sports.
“I didn’t expect to come back, especially with where the club was when I left. The club has gone through the leagues like I’ve never seen before.
My parents live an hour and half away. They are more to the north, towards Bangor. I’m kind of from the middle of nowhere really.”From a £10k sale to a reported purchase that could rise to £10million. Broadhead, as well as Wrexham, have both come a long ways.
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Broadhead celebrates Wrexham’s score
The Welsh club broke their record for transfers to bring Broadhead, a 27-year old forward to the Racecourse Ground. Broadhead says the sizeable transfer fee doesn’t bother him.
He insists, “It’s not really me.” “It is just money for my services.” It’s a great honour, but I just want to give my best to the club. “That’s what I want to do.”
Broadhead is off to a great start. Three goals have been scored in the Championship in only seven games, and five across all competitions.
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Nathan Broadhead scored a spectacular goal against Bristol City In their Championship match in November
He says he’s still adjusting to a new role. Wrexham is a much more central team than Ipswich.He says that coming from Ipswich it is a completely different style of play. “It was a long time before I got used to it but now, I am enjoying it.Here, I have a more free role. I try to be as active as possible with this manager, and create as many chances as possible.”But I enjoy that freedom. My strength is to find space and get the ball in the areas where teams can be hurt. This is the goal.Broadhead was promoted twice and had his first proper Premier League stint at Ipswich. He scored two goals in the top division despite the relegation of the team.
But the project at Wrexham…
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