Overview
- Both clubs announced the transfer at a reported £7.5m, with sources and club statements confirming a buy-back option for Manchester City and a 25% sell-on clause.
- Doyle becomes Phil Parkinson’s 10th summer addition and is contracted until 2029, taking Wrexham’s reported outlay past £30m after last week’s record move for Nathan Broadhead.
- Parkinson called the capture a statement of intent after back-to-back league defeats, saying Wrexham beat established clubs to the defender’s signature.
- The England Under-21 centre-back has over 100 Championship appearances from loan spells at Sunderland, Coventry, Leicester and Norwich and had been seeking a permanent home.
- The deal continues City’s trend of monetising academy graduates, with media reporting their summer intake from such sales is around £70m.