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Trader Fred Demarco works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader John Bishop, left, works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Charts on the screen of Specialist Anthony Matesic are seen through his glasses as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Members of Extinction Rebellion clean Arturo Di Modica's "Charging Bull" sculpture that they defaced during a demonstration in New York, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Patrick King works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Michael P. Thelen, SPHEREx Observatory Flight System Manager, second from right, rings the closing bell ,of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A Donald Trump bobblehead sits on the counter as trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Trader Aman Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
David Rockefeller Jr., board member of Rockefeller Asset Management, gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Michel Pistillo, left, works with traders James Matthews, center, and Ryan Falvey on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Options trader Chris Dattolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Niall Pawa, left, and Specialist Meric Greenbaum work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Elm Market Navigator ETF Founder & CIO Victor Haghani, second from right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Christopher Lagana works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Genarro Sapolito works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Vincent Napolitano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Trader Fred Demarco works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader John Bishop, left, works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Charts on the screen of Specialist Anthony Matesic are seen through his glasses as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Edward Curran works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Members of Extinction Rebellion clean Arturo Di Modica's "Charging Bull" sculpture that they defaced during a demonstration in New York, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Patrick King works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Michael P. Thelen, SPHEREx Observatory Flight System Manager, second from right, rings the closing bell ,of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A Donald Trump bobblehead sits on the counter as trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Trader Aman Patel works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
David Rockefeller Jr., board member of Rockefeller Asset Management, gavels trading closed at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Michel Pistillo, left, works with traders James Matthews, center, and Ryan Falvey on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Options trader Chris Dattolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Michael Capolino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Niall Pawa, left, and Specialist Meric Greenbaum work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Elm Market Navigator ETF Founder & CIO Victor Haghani, second from right, rings the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Michael Milano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Christopher Lagana works with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Specialist Genarro Sapolito works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trader Vincent Napolitano works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham continued its squad reconstruction ahead of a season in the second-tier Championship by releasing one of its most renowned players — against his will.
Steven Fletcher, a former Premier League player who scored some crucial goals to help Wrexham earn a third straight promotion, took to social media to say he'd be leaving the ambitious Welsh club.
“It’s with a heavy heart, and not by choice, that I unfortunately have to announce my departure from what I can only describe as the most magical club I have ever played at!” Fletcher posted on Instagram.
The 38-year-old striker said he fell back in love with soccer by joining Wrexham, a club whose notoriety has rocketed since being bought by Hollywood celebrities Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and becoming the subject of a fly-on-the-wall documentary — “Welcome to Wrexham.” “In my 22 years of stepping onto a pitch, I have never experienced anything like this club,” the former Scotland international wrote.
“To my team mates — you are family!” he added. "I have never experienced a dressing room like it in my career, and I can’t believe I don’t get to walk in there every day next season."
Fletcher finished a long message by thanking Reynolds and McElhenney for the opportunity to play for Wrexham.
Wrexham will need to improve the quality of its squad after rising to the second tier, a level the club hasn't played since the 1980s and just one more promotion away from the Premier League.
Another striker who might be leaving is Paul Mullin, a star player in previous promotion campaigns but who was overlooked by Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson for much of the second half of the season.
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FILE -Stoke's Steven Fletcher during the English League Cup 4th round soccer match between Aston Villa and Stoke City at Villa Park, Birmingham, England, Oct. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira), File)