Dean Keates appointed new Wrexham Manager

Wrexham Football Club have announced Dean Keates as the new manager.

Keates returns to the Racecourse, having left the reds back in March 2018 to take up a position in Walsall.

In a surprise statement late afternoon on Sunday the club say Keates has signed a deal that will keep him at the Racecourse until the summer of 2021.

The club added, “The recruitment process to appoint Dean as our first team manager was headed up by former manager and player, now club president, Dixie McNeil on behalf of the Wrexham Supporters Trust.”

Dixie commented on the appointment saying: “I wish Dean all the very best of luck for the rest of the season. It’s really nice that he wanted to come back to the club and I hope that the Wrexham supporters will get behind Dean.

“Together we can turn this season around and I believe Dean can push us up the league table, although we are behind the play-off places at the moment, there are still over 90 points to play for.”

“We talked to a number of people about the position, which we narrowed down to and then interviewed five people. Dean gave a very good interview and we decided he was by far the best person for the job.”

The club have also made a point of noting the appointment ‘was unanimously ratified by the Wrexham Supporters Trust board’.