Wrexham have signed Salford City winger Luke Bolton and Fleetwood Town ahead Jack Marriott in a bid to bolster their promotion hopes.
24-year-old Bolton has signed a contract till June 2026, whereas Marriott, 29, joins till 2025.
The deadline day offers are the membership’s first foray into the switch market in 2024, apart from turning Luke McNicholas’ mortgage from Sligo Rovers right into a everlasting deal. New long-term contracts had been additionally agreed with Paul Mullin and Elliot Lee on New Year’s Day.
Bolton, a former team-mate of Lee when on mortgage at Luton Town, began his profession at Manchester City earlier than transferring to Salford in 2022. He has made 20 league appearances this season, together with final week’s 1-1 draw at Bradford City when Wrexham supervisor Phil Parkinson was within the crowd on a scouting mission.
The former England Under-20 youth worldwide was deployed as a winger that night time, as he has been for a lot of his profession.
Wrexham, nonetheless, are anticipated to deploy Bolton at wing-back together with his tempo probably so as to add a brand new dimension to the membership’s attacking play. He had a stint at full-back when on mortgage at Luton throughout the 2019-20 season.
Marriott, in the meantime, will bolster a ahead line that’s but to constantly hit the excessive notes of earlier seasons, notably away from home.
Paul Mullin has ten targets in 18 begins after lacking the beginning of the marketing campaign with a punctured lung. But, Sam Dalby is but to seek out the web within the league, whereas Ollie Palmer (5 targets in 15 begins) and Steven Fletcher (six targets in three begins) have each had prolonged spells out injured.
Beverley-born Marriott, 29, a former League One golden boot winner when at Peterborough United, arrives from backside membership Fleetwood within the division above. He is the membership’s prime scorer with 5 targets from 20 begins.
Wrexham stay available in the market for a minimum of yet one more signing with Rotherham United midfielder Jamie Lindsay having his admirers on the SToK Cae Ras. The 28-year-old is out of contract in the summertime.
If extra signings are to comply with the early double deal, Wrexham might be determined to keep away from the late rush of the final window that noticed Luke Armstrong’s £500,000 deal from Harrogate Town collapse as a result of late submitting of paperwork.
