Blues forward Nathan Broadhead has been pictured in Wrexham training gear ahead of confirmation of his move to the North Wales club.
Reports earlier indicated that the 27-year-old was on his way to Wrexham to complete a switch for a fee which could rise to £10 million.
Now, Red Dragons podcast Fearless In Devotion has posted a photo of the Wales international in his new club’s training wear with a young fan.
Broadhead’s departure comes as no surprise with the newly promoted club having made an approach just over a fortnight ago and with the player keen on a return to the club where he was a schoolboy, but with Town unwilling to agree a deal at that point due to their lack of attacking options.
On Sunday, the Blues completed the loan addition of Chuba Akpom from Ajax and are near to signing Como frontman Iván Azón and their recruitment appears to have given the green light to Broadhead’s exit.
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The Wales international missed Tuesday’s Carabao Cup tie at Bromley having reported sick on the day of the game and otherwise would have played.
Rumours of Wrexham interest in Broadhead, who had only a year left on his contract, had been circulating all close season with the former Everton man having been in and out of the Town side last season in the Premier League.
Last summer, Broadhead was close to moving to former loan club Sunderland on deadline day but the Blues’ move to sign Reiss Nelson on loan from Arsenal broke down and the Bangor-born attacker remained at Portman Road.
A key man in the back-to-back promotions following a £1.5 million move from Everton in January 2022, Broadhead made 56 starts and 28 substitute appearances for the Blues, scoring 23 goals.
Broadhead is will become Wrexham’s biggest ever signing, beating the £5 million recently paid to Nottingham Forest for Lewis O’Brien.
Ex-Blues striker Kieffer Moore recently moved to the Racecourse Ground from Sheffield United for £4 million.