'I've scored nearly 200 goals but Liverpool were playing me at left-back - I had no chance'

Paul Mullin was released by Liverpool arsenic a youngster and has gone connected to go a prolific striker for Hollywood-owned Wrexham, but has been captious of his clip astatine the academy

Wrexham's Paul Mullin, present a planetary sanction acknowledgment to the 'Welcome to Wrexham' TV series, has had rather the travel from his aboriginal days successful Liverpool's academy.

The striker's dreams of playing for his beloved Reds were crushed erstwhile helium was released by nary different than Steve Cooper, who would aboriginal marque his sanction arsenic Nottingham Forest and Leicester manager. At the time, Cooper ran the younker strategy astatine Anfield and adjacent faced a bold prediction from Mullin's mum that he'd 1 time "regret" letting her lad go.

After scoring astir 200 goals during his elder vocation successful the Football League and National League, Mullin reflects connected his challenging commencement successful his autobiography 'My Wrexham Story'. He criticised his stint astatine Liverpool's academy and however being played retired of presumption hindered his progress.

He said: "As clip went connected astatine the academy it was arsenic if they couldn't spot what was nether their noses. One study said I needed to signifier much with my close foot. I was right-footed, it's conscionable that I was truthful comfy with my near they hadn't realised."

"Stuck astatine left-back, I'd had small accidental to amusement myself arsenic a originative footballer who could present truthful overmuch connected the attacking front. The manager who told maine Liverpool were letting maine spell was Steve Cooper, who would aboriginal spell connected to instrumentality Nottingham Forest into the Premier League."

"He'd played maine astatine left-back again and again. Mum wasn't impressed with his news. On the mode retired she turned to Cooper. 'You'll regret it,' she told him. 'You'll extremity up buying him back.' 'I anticipation I do,' helium said. 'You will,' she replied. Then she looked astatine me. 'Come on, mate.' And disconnected we went," reports the Liverpool Echo.

After being fto spell by Liverpool, Mullin recovered a caller location astatine Huddersfield Town's academy, yet making his elder debut with Morecambe. He spent 3 seasons determination earlier moving connected to Swindon Town and aboriginal Tranmere Rovers.

However, it was astatine Cambridge United wherever Mullin genuinely made his mark, bagging the League Two Golden Boot successful the 2020/21 season. His prolific scoring grounds caught the oculus of Wrexham, who had precocious been taken implicit by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

Mullin has been instrumental successful Wrexham's successive promotions from the National League and League Two, netting an awesome 110 goals successful 171 appearances crossed each competitions. While his way to occurrence was not without its setbacks, helium is present reaping the rewards for his hard enactment with the Red Dragons.

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