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Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham: From Hollywood takeover to League Two promotion

He Wrexham It is the third oldest football club in the world and just over a year ago it was acquired by the actor who gives life to ‘Deadpool’. Ryan Reynolds got together with his partner and actor Rob McElhenney and they paid an amount close to 2.3 million euros to acquire this historic club.

To get an idea, the Wrexham was founded in 1864, a quarter of a century before Recreativo de Huelva, national dean, was born in Spain. As has happened with numerous original clubs, time did not respect their rank and they were descending from categories as they appeared, currently camping in the fifth division of English football.

Following the arrival of the Hollywood actors in February 2021, the club failed to gain promotion, although they did finish second in the table. Perhaps the fans expected more and they weren’t all that lenient with ‘Deadpool’, although this summer they stirred up the market a bit more to create a team that could really fight for promotion. No disbursement was made by any player, but it was He managed to convince several footballers of higher categories with a little more ease. Among the new faces is the Spanish Jacob Mendy, born in Gambia.

The first sporting objective has been achieved, since they won the National League championship, ascending to League Two, which corresponds to the fourth category.

Ryan Reynolds’ goals for Wrexham

In addition to achieving promotion this season, the fact of having made it the club with the most media coverage in the category will help make it profitable. One of the objectives that the actor has in the short term is to remodel the old stadium of Racecourse Ground, with capacity for 15,000 attendees. To give fans peace of mind, they even agreed to a lease on the stadium for another 25 years.

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Ryan Reynolds and his team’s crest


On the other hand, he wanted to reinforce both the quarry and the women’s team, to which he allocated almost 60,000 euros as soon as he landed at Wrexham. He wants to turn the historic club into a benchmark in the area and, later, in the country of Wales, in order to gain popularity and drive to move up the ranks little by little. We will see if the Reynolds roadmap is fulfilled.

TV series: Welcome to Wrexham

They are actors and what they know how to do best is precisely that. A master move and they created the series titled ‘Welcome to Wrexham‘, a complete success, since with the income from the first season they will earn more money than they invested in the purchase and initial management of the club.

They beat the US women’s team

Wrexham from the English No. 5 beat the USA women’s team 12-0 this June in a friendly. The Welsh team led by actor Ryan Reynolds featured veteran players and guests, as well as the women’s team. The match lasted only 40 minutes.

2023-06-05 10:09:32
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