Parkinson has plenty to think about during close season

Phil Parkinson made over 360 appearances as a player for Reading

Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson admits the club have "a lot of thinking to do" as they face major decisions on their squad following promotion to the Championship.

And he says further discussions are needed on plans to shape the side as they prepare to begin summer recruitment.

Parkinson's side wrapped-up a historic League One promotion campaign with a 2-0 win at Lincoln City on Saturday.

Celebrations will continue – with a fan event planned for Sunday at the Stok Cae Ras and players set to jet off for a party in Las Vegas – but Parkinson is aware that the club can waste little time in preparing for their first campaign at second-tier level in 43 years.

Wrexham will be restricted to a 25-man squad next term – including goalkeepers – which limits wriggle room on players, with the club accepting they will need to make signings to cope with a third move up a division in as many seasons.

"We've got a lot of thinking to do," he said. "We had a brief chat last night with (chief executive) Mike Williamson, (director) Humphrey Ker and (director) Shaun Harvey.

"But it was brief and in the next couple of days we will have to sit down again and go through numbers and look what we have got to do to make us strong and competitive next season.

"We've got a lot under contract, the key is to look at the numbers; the 25 is more than League One but includes keepers, so we'll navigate our way around that."

Parkinson has only a handful of players out of contract this summer, including 38-year-old striker Steven Fletcher who could yet be handed extended terms after eight goals helped towards promotion.

The former Bolton boss said he did not want to discuss contracts before the end of the celebrations, but will also face decisions on others.

He has nine strikers on the books at present, including Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer who have had opportunities severely limited in recent weeks, although he said on Friday he expected the "legends" to be back in pre-season.

However, Parkinson did accept the numbers in the squad will have to be looked at ahead of the summer recruitment, with the club's automatic promotion allowing extra time to make key calls.

"We will try and keep the players we've got, recruit the best players we can within our budget and we will see towards the end of pre-season whether we've pieced together the squad we believe will be competitive," he said.

"It's hard to say that now because let's assess the market and have a look but it's so exciting, the grounds our supporters will have so many great days.

"Players could go - I don't want to speak about it just after the last game – but when you go up automatically you have time to review everything.

"We've got a nice bit of time and it's about making the right decisions and we've done that pretty well over the last few years and the job now is can we do it again."