Ex-Wales striker is tipping Dragons to finish in the play-offs

WREXHAM will shock the world of football by reaching the Championship playoffs this season and be a Premier League club in the next 'two or three seasons'.

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That's the verdict of former Wales striker Nathan Blake, who insists Phil Parkinson's men are 'nailed on' for a top-six berth after promotion from League One.

Ex-Premier League marksman Blake reckons Wrexham, who kickoff their campaign away to Southampton on Saturday, will leave fellow Welsh clubs Swansea and Cardiff behind.

He says the Swans don't spend enough on players and the 'culture' at the Bluebirds is 'a nightmare.

In a new podcast being produced with the support of the University of South Wales' media and journalism courses, Rob and Blakey's Commentary Box, with former BBC Wales football correspondent Rob Phillips, Blake said: "I think (Wrexham) are nailed on for top six and I said that before they made some of their signings.

"I think they will carry on doing what they've been doing for the last three or four seasons.

"People may laugh, but I can see Wrexham in the Premier League, if not at the end of this season, then within the next two to three seasons. Definitely."