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Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson says continued good performances from Dom Hyam will give the defender every chance of securing a place in Scotland's World Cup squad.

Hyam, 30, won his second senior cap – three years after making his debut – against the Ivory Coast in a friendly on Tuesday evening.

Parkinson was at Everton's Hill Dickinson Stadium as Scotland lost 1-0 in their penultimate game ahead of this summer's World Cup finals.

"I thought he acquitted himself really well, which we expected because we know he's a good player," Parkinson said of Hyam.

"All Dom can do is continue playing well for us and do his talking on the pitch with his performance last night.

"He can't do any more than that."

Hyam was among five Wrexham players on international duty during the past two weeks.

Issa Kabore was a second half substitute as Burkina Faso drew 1-1 against Guinea-Bissau while Danny Ward and Nathan Broadhead were with Wales, the latter coming on in the second half against Northern Ireland.

Bailey Cadamarteri scored the winner for Jamaica in their World Cup play-off semi-final against New Caledonia – but the Reggae Boyz missed out on qualification after losing to Congo.

"Obviously for Bailey to have his moment, you know, followed in a free kick and do what all strikers should do, which is anticipate rebounds, brilliant and such a shame they couldn't get through.

"But again, they came up against a strong team in Congo."

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Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association,, external an increase of £6m on the previous year.

The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.

Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.

Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.

Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.

Championship agents' fee spending, external

• Ipswich - £11,738,920

• Southampton - £8,381,358

• Leicester City - £5,866,587

• Sheffield United - £5,005,498

• Norwich - £4,020,206

• Wrexham - £3,660,584

• Swansea - £3,088,645

• Middlesbrough - £2,900,314

• Bristol City - £2,774,990

• Hull City - £2,450,431

• Stoke City - £2,088,886

• Birmingham City - £1,996,502

• Millwall - £1,982,348

• Preston North End - £1,831,233

• QPR - £1,829,036

• Watford - £1,612,833

• Coventry - £1,497,990

• Derby - £1,409,507

• West Brom - £1,346,030

• Oxford - £1,235,536

• Charlton - £904,698

• Portsmouth - £831,818

• Blackburn - £676,980

• Sheffield Wednesday - £534,559

This is the first league meeting between these two sides at The Hawthorns (15:00 BST) with both having different aims for the remainder of the season.

West Brom have moved four points clear of the Championship's relegation zone and are hoping to win three games in a row for the first time this season.

Wrexham will move back into the play-off places with at least a point with Southampton not in league action as they face Arsenal in the FA Cup over the weekend.

• West Brom won the reverse fixture 3-2 in August, and have done the double over each of the past four opponents they have faced for the first time in a league campaign (Scunthorpe 2007-08, Colchester 2006-07, Gillingham 2000-01, Wimbledon 2000-01).

• Wrexham have lost just one of their past nine Football League games played on Good Friday (W5 D3), going down 3-0 at home to Swindon in April 1984.

• West Brom have won their past two league games, as many as they had in their previous 19 (D6 L11). They have kept a clean sheet in these wins, last winning three in a row without conceding in September 2024.

• Wrexham have won 11 of their 17 league games since Christmas (D2 L4), with only Norwich (12) winning more in the Championship in that time.

• Only Hull (14.6%) have a higher shot conversion rate than Wrexham (13.6%) in the Championship this season, with the Welsh ranking fifth for goals (60) but only 19th for total shots (440).