HUMPHREY KER revealed that players and staff at The Racecourse who did not receive their full-wages after being furloughed will get money back.

The government's furlough scheme was introduced for people who could not work due to the coronavirus pandemic, paying employees placed on leave up to 80 per cent of their salary, and up to a maximum of £2,500 a month.

The scheme helped footbal clubs survive when the 2020-21 season was suspended in March but Ker, who has been appointed executive director following Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's takeover of Wrexham, says those employees who were affected will not be left out of pocket.

"The club is going to be paying all the furlough money that members of staff and players had surrendered to help the club last season because our feeling is that was done to help the club when the club was in a tough time," said Ker.

"Now that the club is in less tough time, we appreciate that support from the people that gave it to us.

"It just seemed like the right thing to do on our side of things, and we will aim to be guided by that as a principle.

"These were sacrifices that were made by members of staff and players without any expectation of necessarily getting that money back.

"Most of this stuff was agreed and happened long before we were in the picture but our mantra is we want to turn this place back into a positive environment where we all work together to head in the same direction.

"That was just a little gesture that we could make that said to everybody that we were serious about doing that as well as just saying we were serous about doing it."