Wrexham livid after Man U goalie injures Paul Mullin

Nathan Bishop has develop into public enemy No. 1 to all Wrexham soccer followers.

The Manchester United goalie was a bit too amped up in his staff’s 3-1 preseason loss towards Wrexham and recklessly challenged Paul Mullin, slamming into the striker’s chest.

Mullin collapsed on the turf and was instantly tended to by each groups’ medical staffs earlier than being helped up by two individuals and transported to a hospital.

He was recognized with a small puncture in one in all his lungs.

Bishop was loudly booed by followers within the stands, however Wrexham supervisor Phil Parkinson might have been essentially the most upset.

“I’m fuming about it, I’ve bought to be trustworthy with you,” Parkinson said. “It was a slipshod, reckless problem in a preseason sport and I’m not pleased with it in any respect. We simply bought a name from the hospital to say there’s a small puncture in his lung. It’ll in all probability be tomorrow morning earlier than we get the specialist to take a look at it. I haven’t seen the goalie and he’s in all probability greatest steering away from us in the meanwhile as a result of we’re not very joyful.

“It ought to have been a straight purple [card]. If it’s not denying a goal-scoring alternative, it’s nonetheless a harmful problem, so when you add the 2 situations collectively, he ought to have been off the pitch. It’s a harmful problem and clearly Paul Mullin is our talisman.”

United wasn’t happy with Parkinson for fanning the flames and making Bishop a goal for abuse from social media accounts.

The goalie took to Twitter to apologize to Mullin.

“Simply wished to share my sincerest apologies to @PMullin7. An entire misjudgement and a real accident with 0 malicious intent in any respect! Wishing you the speediest restoration and hope to see you again scoring objectives as quickly as attainable,” Bishop wrote.

Regardless of the anger from Mullin’s staff and fan base, he’s stored in constructive spirits, posting an Instagram story with an image of him within the hospital stating: “Thanks for all of your messages! All good right here.”

Whereas Parkinson isn’t positive a few timetable for Mullin’s restoration, he made it clear that the striker will no less than miss the season opener at house towards MK Dons on Aug. 5.

Mullin scored 47 objectives through the 2022-23 marketing campaign.

“I don’t know (the timeline), I’ve solely simply bought the information within the second half,” Parkinson mentioned. “However I feel once you’ve bought a punctured lung and also you’ve bought 10 days to get match, you’re saying no. All of us stick collectively and we are going to give Paul each little bit of assist we will to get again as match as attainable. One factor about Mulls is he’s robust.”