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Manager Phil Parkinson looks ahead to Wrexham's pre-season tour to the United States.

Wrexham are set for a triple header of friendlies in the USA against Leeds United (Sunday, 26 July), Liverpool (Thursday, 30 July) and Sunderland (Sunday, 2 August).

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Phil Parkinson has confirmed that Elliot Lee and Ryan Hardie missed Wrexham's 1-0 pre-season friendly win over Manchester United due to injury.

Lee, 31, and Hardie, 29, were not part of the squad that travelled to Helsinki, Finland but were named in the group that went to Poland last week.

Attacking midfielder Lee, who has been at Wrexham since 2022, played the second half of a 0-0 draw against Wilsa Krakow. Hardie did not feature.

Parkinson hopes the duo have not suffered serious injuries and is optimistic about welcoming other unavailable players back to the squad before friendlies in the USA.

"It's like the building blocks for us going into the American tour now," he told Wrexham's website after their victory over Premier League Man United.

"We can bring a few players [back] now - Libby [Liberto Cacace], Sheafy [Ben Sheaf] and Josh Windass.

"Ryan Hardie and Elliot [Lee] have unfortunately picked up injuries which are hopefully not too serious.

"We have got other players to come back into that group but I feel the lads are progressing well. That's a good base to go to America with."

Full-back Cacace has returned to Wrexham training after representing New Zealand at the 2026 World Cup.

Wrexham are set for a triple header of friendlies in the USA against Leeds United (Sunday, 26 July), Liverpool (Thursday, 30 July) and Sunderland (Sunday, 2 August).

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Wrexham maintained their impressive start to pre-season with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United.

A week on from their 0-0 draw with Polish side Wisla Krakow, Sam Smith netted the only goal of the contest as Phil Parkinson's men defeated Michael Carrick's Premier League side in Helsinki, Finland.

The former Red Devils academy product tapped Lewis O'Brien's cross into the net in the opening half in what was an encouraging showing from the Championship side.

Wrexham return to action with a triple header against Leeds United, Liverpool and Sunderland in the USA.

They start their competitive campaign at Middlesbrough in the first round of the Carabao Cup on Friday, 7 August before getting their Championship season under way at Cardiff City on Monday, 17 August.

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Dom Hyam and Nathan Broadhead are back in the Wrexham squad for Saturday's friendly against Manchester United, but Phil Parkinson is again without a handful of senior players for the trip to Helsinki.

Centre-back Hyam is involved after missing last weekend's draw against Wisla Krakow having been given extra time off as a result of his World Cup involvement with Scotland.

Wales international forward Broadhead is included by the Championship side after sitting out the Wisla Krakow trip to get another week of training under his belt.

Liberato Cacace will not face United despite returning to Wrexham after going to the World Cup with New Zealand, while Max Cleworth, Ben Sheaf and Josh Windass are again absent following injury issues.

Elliot Lee and Ryan Longman, who both featured in Poland last Saturday, are not involved in this squad.

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Fleetwood Town have signed former Wrexham midfielder Andy Cannon on a three-year deal.

Cannon, 30, who was released by the Welsh club at the end of last season, has clocked up 330 senior appearances for clubs including Rochdale, Portsmouth, Hull City and Stockport County.

He spent the second half of last season on loan at Burton Albion.

Cannon told the Fleetwood website what attracted him to the League Two club and he said: "The gaffer wants to be successful, so do I. He's got ambitions, I've got ambitions. I feel we can work together and hopefully have a successful season."

A product of Rochdale's academy, Cannon made his first-team debut in 2014 before going on to establish himself as a key figure at Spotland.

He moved to Portsmouth in January 2019, where he spent two years before joining Championship side Hull.

In December 2022, Cannon completed a move to Wrexham and played an important role during one of the club's most successful periods, helping them achieve three consecutive promotions, from the National League to the Championship.

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Arthur Okonkwo saved a second-half penalty as Wrexham began their pre-season campaign with a goalless draw against Wisla Krakow in Poland.

The Wrexham goalkeeper pushed away Jordi Sanchez's spot-kick shortly after the hour mark after Ryan Longman tripped Frederico Duarte in the box.

Wrexham's best chances fell to striker Kieffer Moore who had two efforts on goal saved, while Lewis Brunt headed over twice from corners as the Championship side were unable to force a breakthrough.

The match was held to help celebrate the Polish side's 120th anniversary and the two clubs' "shared culture and community focus".

Wrexham face Manchester United in Helsinki next Saturday before heading to the United States to face Leeds, Liverpool and Sunderland.

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Wrexham will be without a number of senior players when they begin their pre-season campaign with a friendly against Wisla Krakow on Saturday (14:00 BST).

Forward Josh Windass and midfielder Ben Sheaf will not play having missed training this week, though boss Phil Parkinson says neither player has a serious issue.

Max Cleworth is another player who will be absent as a result of an Achilles injury the defender has been managing throughout the close season.

Nathan Broadhead (pictured above) is another who will not be involved at Krakow's Henryk Reyman Municipal Stadium, with Parkinson explaining that Wrexham want the Wales forward "to have another week's training" before he gets game-time.

Left-back Sebastian Revan remains unfit after his loan spell at Burton Albion last season was curtailed by injury, while centre-back Dom Hyam and left-back Liberato Cacace are not yet back training with Wrexham having gone to the World Cup with Scotland and New Zealand respectively.

Conor Coady, Elliot Lee, Ryan Hardie and Harry Ashfield are all back at Wrexham and in the squad travelling to Poland having finished last season out on loan.

The Wisla Krakow fixture was arranged to help celebrate the Polish side's 120th anniversary.

Wrexham face Manchester United in Helsinki next Saturday before heading on tour to the United States to face Premier League Leeds United, Liverpool and Sunderland before the new Championship campaign.