Wrexham's view on where they think they can finish in League One next season shows the lofty ambitions of the club.
The Red Dragons have made history in securing back-to-back promotions under Phil Parkinson.
They won the National League title in 2022/23 to return to the Football League after 15 years away and then followed up with an impressive second-placed finish in League Two.
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Wrexham finished just four points behind champions Stockport, who they beat 2-1 in their final league game on Saturday.
With backing from Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the club had the highest wage bill in League Two and will be near the top in the third tier - a division they haven't been in for 19 years.
Parkinson has already stressed the need to strengthen the squad and as many as 10 Wrexham players could have made their final appearances.
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And though a third promotion on the trot would be a "real push" according to executive director Humphrey Ker, those within the club are hopeful of an upper mid-table finish and feel that would fit their timeline of ambitions.
“I think we've often talked about the idea that it takes three transfer windows to really build a squad into what you need to compete in any one division and next season will be one window shorter than that," Kerr told The Independent.
“But I think the core of this team is very strong. They’re very strong personalities, good players and they love each other, so that's a great basis to build from.
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"We'll be adding players in the summer and sadly saying goodbye to one or two, which is sort of just the nature of football, and then we'll sort of see where we wind up.
“Inside the building, we're like, ‘look, our objective is get up and stay up, stabilise and build a good platform and go again the following year.’
"But stranger things than promotion have happened – we might go through the division again.
“To be honest, that would probably be too fast for us. It wouldn't actually be that good for the club as a whole if we did go all the way through this year because we'd just be going so quickly. Then we’d be trying to catch up with infrastructure and our facilities and everything would be a big, big challenge. So I think something nice and comfortable – upper mid-table, please! Tenth. I'd be very happy with that."
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Wrexham have been linked with a club-record move for Notts County striker Macaulay Langstaff and they are expected to target players from the Premier League in the summer.
The top flight remains the ultimate goal for the Welsh outfit, who make a pretty penny commercially following the success of the 'Welcome to Wrexham' documentary on Disney.
“Sort of as quickly as possible,” Kerr said when asked about the timeline of being in the top tier.
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“Whilst being mindful of those challenges I was just talking about, with facilities and infrastructure.
“Our commercial department is very strong and we make huge amounts of money from selling shirts off the back of the documentary and from sponsorship. "All that's very, very strong but it's also quite fragile because we don't have a big operation behind it."
Wrexham's Hollywood owners are believed to have put around £10 million into the club but recent reports claim former Arsenal and Germany star Mesut Ozil is among a group of star-studded backers purchasing a stake in the club.
Topics: League One, Wrexham, Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney
Josh Lawless