Culture Axis: New Preds, Messi answers 'Stoke' question & more

Flimsy Liverpool risk letting down Messi-like Salah in title race

The Curious Case of Marcelo

Man Utd three-peat or MLS? Pogba's transfer options - ranked

UCL Power Rankings: Barca No.1 after lucky draw as Liverpool fall

Editors' Picks

Walker’s wife Kilner jets to Dubai for night out with Rooney

Antony's hot Betis start is over as Barca flop Roque sees red

'I regret leaving Barca' - Former wonderkid admits mistake after Camp Nou exit

Bompastor admits 'lying for 13 years' over secret relationship

UCL last-16 draw: Liverpool land PSG, Arsenal face PSV

Maguire, you lucky boy! VAR & Bruno save despairing Amorim

Title race run? Lewis-Skelly red card madness costs Arsenal

How to watch Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol 2 from anywhere

<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script><ul><li>Rodriguez swaps Burnley for Wrexham</li><li>Veteran striker signs until 2026</li><li>Huge wages by League One standards</li></ul><table><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va2ivxLJJhzdzbJdwo0n"><strong>Follow GOAL on WhatsApp!</strong></a> 🟢📱</td></tr></tbody></table>

Premier League quality at Wrexham! Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney splash the cash on ex-Southampton star Jay Rodriguez and hand him eye-watering £15k per-week wages

League One

Mansfield

Wrexham

FA Cup

Preston

Burnley

<p>Wrexham have announced the permanent capture of Rodriguez from Burnley on an 18-month contract, reported by <a href="https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/43640363/wrexham-add-jay-rodriguez-sign-sam-smith-club-record-fee" target="_blank"><em>ESPN </em></a>to be "comfortably" a club record transfer fee in excess of £1 millon ($1.25m). Just prior to completion, <em>Telegraph</em> reporter Mike McGrath <a href="https://x.com/mcgrathmike/status/1885340742932922716" target="_blank">posted</a> on <em>X</em> that the 35-year-old stands to pocket wages of up to £15,000 ($18,700) per week in north Wales.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Rodriguez is yet another example of a player who has dropped from a higher division to sign for Wrexham. The striker has played 20 Championship games for Burnley so far in 2024-25, and scored twice in the Premier League for the Clarets just last season. He has previously tured out in the top flight for West Bromwich Albion and Southampton in the past, famously scoring 15 times for the latter in 2013-14 and playing his way into the England squad.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Rodriguez told <a href="https://www.wrexhamafc.co.uk/news/2025/january/31/signed---jay-rodriguez-signs-for-wrexham/" target="_blank">Wrexham's official website</a>: "I'm made up to join the club. I can't wait to get out on the training pitch and meet everyone. I hope I can use my experience to help every single player in the squad and gain something from the group as well. To join the story that has evolved at Wrexham with clear targets is exciting for me."</p>

WHAT JAY RODRIGUEZ SAID

<p>Wrexham's dream of making it three successive promotions to get into the Championship next season is still very much a possibility. The Red Dragons sit third in the League One table, comfortably in the play-offs but starting to lose touch with top two Birmingham City and Wycombe Wanderers after winning just one of five league fixture so far in 2025. Next up is an away trip to struggling Crawley on Saturday, which manager Phil Parkinson will hope kickstarts his side's form.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Premier League quality at Wrexham! Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney splash the cash on ex-Southampton star Jay Rodriguez and hand him eye-watering £15k per-week wages | Goal.com

Wrexham have unveiled former Southampton, Burnley and England striker Jay Rodriguez as their latest high profile signing.

Next matches