The transfer from Ipswich set a new club record for Wrexham, with an initial fee of £7.5 million ($10.1m) that could potentially rise to £10m ($13.4m) with add-ons. Broadhead’s move was influenced by a desire to join his hometown club, where he had been part of the academy as a boy, before joining Everton.
Broadhead opened his account with two goals against Reading which saw Wrexham progress to the fourth round for the first time in 48 years. He missed the opening weeks of the season due to a calf injury.
Broadhead told BBC Sport: “That’s the main reason I came and hopefully we can do that to get this club to the Premier League. That’s the aim of the owners. So I see the vision and hopefully we can get there. You see the players coming in. You’re bringing in quality players from the Championship and it just shows you where the owners want to be. That’s the project, what we’re going on.”
Broadhead added: “I’m just delighted to score and progress to the next round. I just can’t wait to get proper match fit and get my sharpness back up and play in the Championship. I’m getting used to playing with new players, different systems. It’s given me time to settle down a little bit, moving all my stuff and my family and everything like that. But I’m just happy to be settled now and playing football.”
