Paul Mullin has expressed his frustration with his parent club Wrexham, stating he’s “never going to accept” the way he was sidelined from the team over the past 18 months.
As a crucial player on the pitch and a prominent figure off it, Mullin played a significant role in helping Wrexham achieve consecutive promotions from the National League to League One, a journey enhanced by the high-profile ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, as showcased in the FX documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham.”
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Despite netting a remarkable total of 62 league goals during those promotion seasons, the forward found himself starting less than half of the club’s league games last season, managing just three goals in a campaign hampered by injuries.
After Wrexham made history with their third consecutive promotion to reach England’s second tier for the first time in 43 years, Mullin was deemed surplus to requirements and loaned to Wigan Athletic at the start of the current season. When that loan ended prematurely in January, he joined Bradford City on loan until the season’s conclusion.
“It’s something I’ve found quite challenging over the last 18 months. It was quite unexpected, considering everything I had done and then undergoing surgery,” Mullin shared during a press conference on Friday. “It sort of ended abruptly from there, which was difficult to accept.”
“I’m never going to come to terms with what happened because I find it quite tough, but that’s football, and you have to move forward.”
Currently led by Wales striker Kieffer Moore, Wrexham sits in the final playoff position in the Championship, aiming for another promotion, this time to the Premier League.
In contrast, Mullin will be joining a Bradford team that is striving for promotion from League One, with Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson describing the loan move as “a great opportunity to be part of a team competing at the top of the league.”
“I have a chance now at a massive club to achieve success and create another chapter in my career,” Mullin remarked. “It’s about my ambition and desire to be successful. I want to keep achieving, so I just want to play and succeed.”
“I don’t feel like I have anything left to prove.”