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Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenny To Purchase Welsh Soccer Club

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny have purchased Welsh soccer team Wrexham AFC. They join a long list of celebrities who are getting into major league franchises.
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Wrexham A.F.C. To Be Purchased By Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenny
November 22, 2020 at 10:09 am by Giovanni Shorter
  • Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny are set to purchase Wrexham AFC for $2.5 million.
  • Sports bettors are split at -120 on how many total points the Welsh soccer club will score.
  • Several celebrities have purchased sports franchises in the past including Jennifer Lopez and Will Smith.
NEW YORK – The Welsh soccer world has just gotten a bit of a shakeup as Wrexham A.F.C. Football Club is set to be purchased by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenny.
With the news, sports bettors are already taking action on how many points the club will score in the England National. Currently, sports bettors are split.
Reynolds and McElhenny join a long list of celebrities who have gotten into the ownership of major sports teams. Online sportsbooks have already been affected greatly by celebrities in sports. The teams they own often attract bets.
Wrexham AFC
The Wrexham AFC football club is one of the oldest professional clubs ever and is currently competing in the English soccer fifth tier. What Reynolds and McElhenny are hoping to do is return the club to the English Football League (EFL) and compete.
Soccer bettors are already taking action on how well the team will do following the acquisition, although bettors are split on how the football club will fair.
How Many Points Will Wrexham AFC Score In 2020-2021
  • Over 65.5 -120
  • Under 65.5 -120
With the purchase of the Welsh soccer team, Reynolds and McElhenny plan to use their position to bring attention to the soccer club.
Due to this potential, there was an overwhelming embracement by the Wrexham Supporters Trust Board, current owners of the tea, to accept the deal.
While nothing is as of yet set in stone, the purchase is expected to go through with a lot of optimism coming from both parties.
“The Wrexham Supporters Trust Board would like to thank Mr Rob McElhenney and Mr Ryan Reynolds, and their advisors Inner Circle Sports and Walker Morris, for their professional and considered approach and for the time they have already put into the process,” read the official statement by the Board of the Wrexham Supporters Trust. “As Wrexham supporters, we would like to wish them the very best of luck in charge of our Football Club and look forward to what the future brings.”
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Reynolds and McElhenney will be among good company of celebrities who have gotten involved in professional sports team ownership.
Celebrities And Professional Sports Teams
From Musicians like Jennifer Lopez who owns part of the Miami Dolphins and Jay-Z who once owned part of the now Brooklyn Nets to former President George W. Bush who owns part of the Texas Rangers, major public figures have consistently been involved in team ownership.
The news of Reynolds and McElhenney is not a surprising one as this is a common approach for many celebs. While the pair are looking to purchase a smaller team as far as brands go, many celebs have gone that route as well.
David Letterman is the owner of the IndyCar racing team, for example, Russell Crowe is a part-owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby team, and Bill Murray has a stake in the St. Paul Saints.
Sports and celebrities have consistently been a shared relationship. Athletes are celebs in their own right, and many musicians and actors are massive sports fans.
Celebrities being owners of sports teams will continue to be a normal occurrence. And Reynolds and McElhenney are just another example of this.
Having these high-profile names associated with the teams also raises awareness to them from the sports betting perspective, causing bettors to put action on teams they never thought to before.
 
Ryan Reynolds’ Soccer Club Subject of ‘The Vanishing’ Producer Mad As Birds’ ‘A League Apart’

By Naman Ramachandran

Mad As Birds
Wrexham AFC, the Welsh soccer club recently taken over by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, is to be the subject of “A League Apart,” a British romantic comedy from Mad As Birds, producers of “The Vanishing,” starring Gerard Butler.
To be directed by S.J. Evans (“Hiraeth”), the film will follow Phil, a lovable yet down-on-his-luck man obsessed with his failing Wrexham AFC soccer team. His American girlfriend, Christina, wants more out of life and love and Phil must prove that she is more important to him than his soccer team winning.
While “A League Apart” is a work of fiction, its climax is centered around the real-life 1992 FA Cup clash between bottom of the league underdogs Wrexham and reigning Division One champions, Arsenal.



The project is in the final stages of development, with plans to begin filming in the summer of 2021.



Celyn Jones, BAFTA Cymru best actor winner for “Manhunt,” who is also a partner in Mad As Birds, will play the lead role of Phil. Veteran actor Ricky Tomlinson (“Mike Bassett: England Manager”) is also attached to star, with further casting to be announced imminently.
The film is written by the late Robin Bell, creator of the “Twisted Showcase” series, who died of cancer last year, aged 37.
“We’re so excited to be bringing ‘A League Apart’ to life – this has been a passion project for me for two main reasons – firstly, I’m a lifelong Wrexham fan and was at the famed Arsenal match and remember running on to the pitch with the rest of the town,” said Evans. “Secondly, when Robin passed away in 2019, I promised his family that this film would be his legacy and I will do everything in my power to make it the best film possible, so I was thrilled when Mad As Birds came on board the project last year.”
Producer Andy Evans of Mad As Birds, who was also born in Wrexham, added, “The script and S.J.’s vision for ‘A League Apart’ drew us to the project without hesitation, and at its heart, we have a universal, feel-good story about love, friendship and community that will appeal to everyone. Our best of British cast is coming together and we are looking forward to shooting the film in North Wales in 2021.”
Jones is set to make his directorial debut with “The Almond and the Seahorse,” which will shoot with Rebel Wilson and Janet McTeer in March 2021, also for Mad As Birds.
Mad As Birds’ feel-good comedy “Poms,” starring Diane Keaton, was released in the U.S. by STX Entertainment last year, and their period thriller “Six Minutes to Midnight,” starring Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard and Jim Broadbent is set for release across the U.K. with Lionsgate and IFC in the U.S. in early 2021.
 
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are set to complete takeover of Welsh soccer team
By Ben Church, CNN

Updated 4:37 PM ET, Mon November 16, 2020














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(CNN)The gang has bought a soccer club.
You may have never heard of Wrexham AFC, but you might do soon.
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney moved a step closer to becoming investors in the Welsh soccer team -- one of the world's oldest professional soccer clubs and currently playing in English soccer's fifth tier -- after their takeover bid was overwhelmingly approved by the club's board.
The Wrexham Supporters Trust Board, which currently owns the club, voted in favor of the deal that would see the celebrity duo take complete ownership of the club.


The bid is still subject to final agreement and official confirmation from governing bodies, but the stars have said they already have lofty ambitions to turn Wrexham into a "global force."

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Reynolds, known for appearing in blockbusters such as "Deadpool," and McElhenney, co-creator and star in US sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," first expressed their interest in a takeover back in September.
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Last week they said they wanted to develop the squad, get the club back into the English Football League (EFL) and make a difference to the wider community.
A club statement had previously confirmed that the potential investors, who were then unknown, would immediately invest around $2.5 million.
"As Wrexham supporters, we would like to wish them the very best of luck in charge of our Football Club and look forward to what the future brings," read a Trust statement on Monday.
Both men reacted to the news with a message on Twitter.
"Wrexham Is The Name," they wrote in identical posts.
The pair also created a comical video in which they promoted the club's kit sponsor, Ifor Williams Trailers.
"You may never have heard of Wrexham, The Racecourse Ground or Ifor Williams, but you will. So to the Wrexham Supporters Trust, thank you for your faith and trust in us," McElhenney said.
To which Reynolds added: "We are humbled and we are already getting to work. Is this really happening?"



Rich history
Wrexham, formed in 1864, has never played in the top-flight of English football, but the club has previously reached the FA Cup quarterfinals and famously beat Arsenal in the third round in 1992.
Its proud history also extends to European tournaments, with its most famous night coming in 1984 when Wrexham beat Porto in the Cup Winners' Cup.
Also known as the Robins, Wrexham plays its home games at the historic Racecourse Ground -- the world's oldest stadium, according to Guinness World Records -- which has a capacity of approximately 10,000.
The team is one of a number of Welsh clubs to participate within the English football pyramid and its Twitter following of 61,300 is somewhat dwarfed by Reynolds' 16.5 million followers.
 

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