Billy Waters made a surprise move last week from Barrow to Wrexham but didn’t even make the match-day squad for Saturday’s National League clash at York City.
However, Waters believes he has joined “the biggest club I have been at so far in my career” and is happy to compete for a first-team berth.
He’s also looking to add another National League winner’s medal to his collection – seven years after his first with Cheltenham Town when they earned promotion to the Football League.
The 28-year-old forward, who followed manager Pete Wild from Halifax to Barrow in the summer has joined Wrexham Barrow for an undisclosed fee, after agreeing a contract until the end of the 2024-25 season.
Phil Parkinson’s men are currently engaged in a fierce battle with Notts County for the National League title, although the Welsh club are level on points and behind on goal difference but do have two games in hand.
Talking to the club website Waters said: “It is certainly the biggest club I have been at so far in my career so I was made up whjen they came in for me and I signed.
“I have experience in this league winning it with Cheltenham seven years ago.
“There is nothing like winning a league title and I am really hungry to do that again with Wrexham.”
Playing for Halifax Town last season he scored 19 goals in 47 games in all competitions and for Barrow netted nine times in 32 League Two games.
Waters was with Cheltenham from 2015 to 2017 where he scored 23 goals in 83 games before joining Northampton.
He had 18 more games for Cheltenham on loan from the Cobblers in 2019 and added four more goals to his tally in 18 games.
Waters also revealed that Wrexham had shown interest last summer but decided to sample League football again with Barrow.
He said: “I have seen what Wrexham have been doing, it is a really exciting club to be at so when there was interest I was keen on it myself, and it happened really quickly.
“I am delighted, it’s a new challenge and I wanted to go for it.
“I have been in good goalscoring form the past two seasons so hopefully I can bring that to the club.”
After he didn’t make the squad at York Waters said: “I had a very honest chat with the gaffer about that.
“I am just looking to come in and contribute to the team any way I can.
“There is always going to be competition for places, that is the nature of football; the beauty of competition is it ups everybody’s game.
“It is always healthy and you need that at a club so hopefully I have a positive influence and impact on the team; try and provide my quality any way I can.
“I will just work as hard as I can for the team to get promotion.”
