INJURED Wrexham star Paul Mullin will recuperate in the home of co-owner Rob McElhenney before returning to Wales.
Mullin suffered a punctured lung in a collision with Manchester United goalkeeper Nathan Bishop during Wrexham’s 3-1 victory over United last week.
Mullin was taken to UC San Diego Health Hospital before being discharged shortly after but is unable to fly due to the nature of the injury.
McElhenney has offered his home for the striker to recover in with the forward expected to be able to fly two weeks from now.
No timeframe has been put on Mullin’s return to action but he will certainly miss Wrexham’s early part of the campaign as they return to the Football League system.
The Red Dragons kick off their campaign at home to MK Dons this Saturday.
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In an interview with S4C, McElhenney said: “This Paul thing is devastating to the club but, again, it’s a contact sport and these things happen,
“He’s OK. I just texted with him this morning. He’s in San Diego and he’s going to come over and stay with us for a couple of weeks until he can leave and head back to Wales.”
Wrexham capped off their US tour with a 1-1 draw against Philadelphia Union II.
Before that they came up against Chelsea, LA Galaxy and the aforementioned Manchester United.
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McElhenney was delighted to be able to cap off Wrexham’s US tour with a friendly against his hometown Philadelphia side and said he’s excited ahead of the new season.
He said: “It’s truly a dream come true.
“I’m so excited [by the new season]. It’s almost entirely the squad from last year.
“It’s a lot of the team that won last year and the chemistry is through the roof and [manager] Phil [Parkinson] truly believes we have the chance to get promoted again.”
Mullin’s injury caused controversy between Wrexham and United – with Parkinson being furious about the challenge by the young United goalkeeper.
Bishop was understood to be distraught about the injury he caused to Mullin and the subsequent comments by the Wrexham manager.
But after Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds called Bishop to personally apologise the matter is now considered closed between the two clubs.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
