‘I felt it was unjust' – Wrexham legend Paul Mullin accepts his fate and ‘doesn't know' why manager no longer trusts him
Wrexham's recent transfer activity will push Mullin further down the pecking order
MULL OVER 'I felt it was unjust' – Wrexham legend Paul Mullin accepts his fate and 'doesn't know' why manager no longer trusts him
PAUL MULLIN has accepted his fate at Wrexham despite not knowing why Phil Parkinson has lost trust in him.
The striker became a hero at the club following his arrival from Cambridge United in 2021.
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Paul Mullin has admitted he could be on his way out of Wrexham
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Mullin, 30, provided many of the goals that helped catapult the club from the National League to League One in back-to-back promotions.
However, last season he struggled for gametime as the Welsh outfit made it a historic three promotions in a row.
Manager Parkinson favoured the likes of Steven Fletcher, Sam Smith, Jay Rodriguez and Ollie Palmer over Mullin last term.
This saw the striker's gametime severely limited as he only made 26 appearances, scoring three goals.
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Mullin has now admitted that his journey with the club could be over.
The striker made the revelation during a recent episode of the Welcome to Wrexham documentary.
Mullin suggested that he would want to play just once in England's second division to complete his time at the club, but does think he no longer has a role.
He said: "Just to play one game in the Championship with Wrexham would be worth absolutely everything.
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"It would be the icing on the cake for this story, and who knows where it could end.
"I've enjoyed every minute here, and if we could get to the Championship, then that'd be phenomenal.
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"From a personal point of view, I don't think I'll have any part to play in it from here on in."
Mullin has also been left feeling resentful of Parkinson as he feels his absence from the squad has been "unjust".
The run out of the team came after his return from a back injury and surgery from last summer.
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He added: "I let that get to me, to be honest, from where I've been to then only being allowed to play four games and finding myself being left out of the team.
"I resented it and I carried that for weeks because I felt it was unjust.
"I think I'm more annoyed now. It's the annoyance of training every single day, doing everything I can, and looking back on everything I've done.
"I feel like I was a main part of why we got into this situation, and then I'm not being allowed the platform to get back there, or the opportunity to go and do it again.
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"It's difficult. I don't know what's caused him [Parkinson] to trust me less, but he clearly does."
Mullin has scored 105 goals for Wrexham in just 165 appearances since his arrival.
He will be further down the pecking order at the club following the recent arrival of Ryan Hardie.
The forward was signed from recently relegated Plymouth Argyle on a three-year deal.
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The former Pilgrim netted 74 times in 248 appearances in Devon and is believed to have been signed after his £700,000 release clause was activated.
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