Wrexham to spend big again for Man City's Doyle

Callum Doyle played 43 games while on loan at Norwich City in 2024-25

Wrexham are closing in on another high-profile signing with the Championship club looking to finalise a deal for Manchester City defender Callum Doyle.

Wrexham have agreed a fee which could rise to £8m for 21-year-old Doyle, with the England Under-21 international poised to become the latest big-money addition to Phil Parkinson's squad.

Wrexham shattered their transfer record to sign Wales forward Nathan Broadhead for a fee which could rise to £10m last week.

Broadhead's signing eclipsed the record mark set when Lewis O'Brien arrived from Nottingham Forest last month in a deal believed to be worth more than £3m initially.

According to Transfermarkt, the Doyle deal is set to make Wrexham the Championship's biggest spenders so far this summer.

Wrexham have also brought in defender Liberato Cacace in what at that stage was believed to be a club-record deal worth in excess of £2m, striker Kieffer Moore and defender Conor Coady for a reported £2m apiece, midfielder George Thomason for more than £1m and forward Ryan Hardie for a reported fee of £700,000.

Manchester-born Doyle looks like being the next player to join Wrexham, who have won three successive promotions under the ownership of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Doyle is a product of the City academy, though he has never played for the first team having spent the last four seasons out on loan.

Doyle began his senior career with a year-long loan spell at Sunderland, who were then in League One, in 2021-22.

He spent the next campaigns on loan in the Championship, with Coventry City in 2022-23, Leicester City in 2023-24 and Norwich City last season.

Doyle, who will give Wrexham a left-sided option in central defence, already has 158 club games - and two goals - to his name.

He has also played for England at various age-grade levels, though he was not part of the squad which won this summer's European Under-21 Championship.

Wrexham have lost their first two league games of the season, away at Southampton and at home to West Bromwich Albion, having returned to the second tier after 43 years away.

Doyle will become their 10th signing since promotion from League One, with manager Parkinson also bringing in Josh Windass after his departure from Sheffield Wednesday and goalkeeper Danny Ward, who was a free agent after leaving Leicester City.