ANDY CANNON has proved his worth at a higher level and Phil Parkinson is looking forward to his new signing playing his part in Wrexham's promotion challenge.

The 26-year-old midfielder has joined the Reds from Hull City, putting pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal which keeps him at The Racecourse until the end of the 2024-25 season.

After making his name at Rochdale, Cannon secured a move to Portsmouth in January 2019 before joining Championship side Hull, scoring on his debut on the opening day of the 2021-22 campaign in a 4-1 win at Preston North End.

Having ended last season on loan with Stockport County, who pipped Wrexham to the National League title, Cannon has now been snapped up by the Reds.

Not included in the squad for Saturday's 2-0 win at Eastleigh, Cannon is in line to make his debut in tomorrow's home game against Chesterfield and Parkinson is delighted to land a player of his calibre.

"We know Andy has got real quality, he is a very good footballer," said Parkinson.

"We have been working on it for a few weeks, Jordan Davies got injured as well but we were looking to bring in an addition or two.

"We are always looking to improve and we knew he was available; we have been speaking with Hull and him, and we were able to get the deal done.

"I just feel that he is at a good age. He had a year-and-a-half where it hasn't quite worked out at Hull and there are reasons for that but if you track back to when he was at Portsmouth and some of his performances there in a top League One team, he is a good player.

"Obviously we need to get him up to speed but he has got a good week on the training pitch with us now, and obviously the Chesterfield game and then the Scunthorpe game.

"We will get him firing on all cylinders and ready to play his part."