Arthur Okonkwo: Wrexham keen to keep Arsenal goalkeeper – Phil Parkinson

Goalkeeper Rob Lainton, defenders Callum McFadzean, Aaron Hayden, Jordan Tunnicliffe, Ben Tozer and midfielder Luke Young – plus youngsters Owen Cushion and Dan Davies – were released.

“Those lads who’ve been with us from the start, it’s tough to shake hands with them but we wish them all the best,” Parkinson said.

“Ben came to the club when the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ documentary wasn’t out there and I was explaining to him what was going to happen.

“To leave a Football League club (Cheltenham Town) whom he’d been promoted with for the National League was a leap of faith from Ben.”

Tozer’s co-captain, Young, was Wrexham’s longest-serving player having joined in 2018.

“I think there’s a great connection with Youngy and our supporters, because he was at the club in some tough times as well, and was always a player who gave us his all,” Parkinson added.

“I think the times right for Youngy, because he hasn’t played as much as he’d have liked his season.

“I always feel you can be a squad player for so long, and be a great lad and train well, but at some point you need to go and be the main man again in someone’s midfield and Youngy, he’s capable of doing that.”