The Wrexham Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Marcos López is a Wrexham player
The fee is $9.8M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. San Martín drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Sam Smith says no to NK Osijek
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Sam Smith had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Wrexham
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
$9.8M for Marcos López, and Wrexham supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Marcos López from San Martín for $9.8M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Wrexham
Jacques Ekomié was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
Peter Williams steps up from the Wrexham academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Peter Williams has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
Wrexham promote James Foster from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. James Foster has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Wrexham training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Callum Doyle is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match15 Aug 2026
Wrexham refuse to lose to Birmingham
A point taken on 88 minutes is worth exactly one point and considerably more than that to a dressing room. This side does not stop, which is a reputation worth more than the result.
In brief
- Transfer targets Wrexham try to borrow Giovanni Leoni
- Match Honours even between Wrexham and Birmingham
- The dugout Jacob Hill on the point