Wrexham's Paul Mullin responds to rumours of a Wales call-up for big qualifiers
Paul Mullin says he would be honoured to play for Wales – and believes he has already proven he’s good enough to play international football.
Mullin has shot to fame since moving to Hollywood-backed Wrexham two years ago and has not given up hope of playing for Wales. The 28-year-old has been absolutely prolific for Wrexham, netting an eye-catching 78 goals in 99 games so far.
His goals fired Wrexham back into the Football League following a 15-year absence in April and he is now back in League Two, where he netted 32 goals for Cambridge United in 2020/21. Wales boss Rob Page admitted earlier this month that Mullin was considered for the squad to face Croatia in a Euro 2024 qualifier, with Brennan Johnson and Tom Bradshaw out injured.
And Mullin has now opened up on his desire to represent his adopted country, who face Armenia and Turkey in must-win Euro 2024 qualifiers next month. “My Dad’s mum was Welsh, she was born in Newport and grew up there and things like that. It’s obviously something I’d love to do, it’d be a dream come true,” he told Kammy & Ben’s Proper Football Podcast.
“I think it’s been documented elsewhere that I’ve always said – even when I was younger – I didn’t really follow the England national team. And obviously, I’d love to represent Wales. It’s been said in the media and been said quite a lot of places and quite surprisingly it got put forward quite a lot to the Wales manager last year. I don’t expect to be called up, but obviously, I’d hope that if I was playing well enough, and somehow I get the chance to do so, I’d be over the moon. It’s not something that I’d expect, but it’s something I’d relish, enjoy and it’s something I think I could do.”
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Page said Mullin was on “standby” for the game against Croatia on October 15 after some recent scouting missions and he may be in consideration again. The Liverpool-born striker has scored four goals in nine League Two appearances this season after recovering from the broken ribs and punctured lung he sustained in a collision with Manchester United goalkeeper Nathan Bishop in a friendly during Wrexham’s pre-season tour of the United States.
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Mullin added: “I understand that as an international manager you’ve got players who are registered for the country who play at a higher level. People look at it and say I could play higher and I chose not to, so I can’t really hold a grudge for then not being selected because of the level I play at because I chose to come and play here.
“Although me personally, I don’t think it should be a problem. One of the interviews was, I think, ‘if he scored goals in League Two then we’d look at calling him up’, but I’ve already got the record for scoring the most goals in a League Two season so I’ve already done that.
"For me, I play football for Wrexham and go and give my all and go and score as many as I can. If the opportunity came then I’d be over the moon – it’d be beyond my wildest dreams for a player of this level to get called up for a national team. But I’d be quite comfortable in going to represent Wales.”
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