Wrexham sign New Zealand's Cacace from Empoli

Wrexham continued preparations for their latest promotion propulsion with the signing of New Zealand planetary defender Liberato Cacace from Italian broadside Empoli.

The nine announced Friday that Cacace had joined connected a three-year woody for an undisclosed fee, which British media reports accidental eclipses the Welsh club's erstwhile grounds of £2 cardinal ($2.7 million) paid for Sam Smith successful January.

The 24-year-old left-back leaves Empoli aft 3 years, pursuing their relegation from Serie A past season. He present joins a Wrexham squad that person achieved three-straight promotions nether Hollywood co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney to scope England's second-tier Championship.

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"I'm perfectly delighted to motion for this historical Club, and I conscionable can't hold to get started," Cacace said successful a statement.

"Looking from the outside, what they are creating present is thing I privation to beryllium portion of. The household they person present -- it's a tight-knit Club and that enticed me.

"I had a large telephone telephone with the manager, and aft that I truly wanted to sign."

The signing comes arsenic Wrexham proceed their preseason circuit of Australia and New Zealand, wherever they volition play Wellington Phoenix successful the New Zealand superior connected Saturday.

Cacace, who began his vocation with Wellington, has won 33 caps for New Zealand.

"We are delighted to invited Libby to Wrexham and look guardant to integrating him with the squad connected our instrumentality home," Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson said.

Wrexham statesman the Championship season, and their attempts to gain promotion to the Premier League, distant astatine Southampton connected Aug. 9.