“It’s 100% True That They Wanted to Buy..” – Newly-Promoted Wrexham Wasn’t Ryan Reynolds’ ‘First’ Preference for $2.5 Million Investment

Published 05/09/2023, 12:15 PM EDT

It has only been a couple of years since Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney brought the Welsh Club Wrexham AFC. The club was struggling both financially and in performance. New owners have since brought a new sense of life to the club. This season saw them becoming a behemoth of the National League.

The Welsh club has now ascended to EFL II breaking an exile of 15 excruciating years. Fans stood in awe of this goliath of a soccer team as they broke countless records this season and finished it with 111 points. However, this fate almost didn’t come to the Red Dragons.

In the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, the owners talked about how they feel like they felt connected. A small detail they left out is that they almost went for a different team and the world wouldn’t have known Wrexham as they know it today.

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Wrexham was a ‘re-bound club’

In a very recent interview with the i, Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling revealed how Wrexham’s success is what an EFL II team could have had. Stelling is a Hartlepool fan and, to his dismay, the team is going to be relegated from the league.

Wrexham fan's give thanks to the scepticism of the owner of hartlepool for without it they would never have bought Wrexham
— hawk_eye1972 (@hawk_eye1979198) May 8, 2023

Talking about how fate favored the Welsh town, Stelling said, “It’s 100% true that they wanted to buy Hartlepool and it’s ironic they went for Wrexham in the end who are going into the Football League when the club who was their first choice, which was us, are going out of the Football League. It’s gone now though. There’s no point in regrets.”

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The ‘Hollywood investment’ in the Red Dragons had unforeseen benefits for not only the club but the Town as well. It is an irony as Stelling pointed out how a little hesitation led to them being replaced by the team Reynolds and McElhanney now own.

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More fans than city🤣
Congratulations 🥳 Wrexham 💪👏👏 pic.twitter.com/G3O4YoI3Wn
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Bringing up the League, EFL has planned to ride the Wrexham Hype train as they signed a massive deal. They signed a five-year all-match broadcasting deal with Sky Sports. How well do you think Wrexham will perform in the league? Drop your views in the comments below.

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Meet Rishabh, a passionate soccer writer at EssentiallySports, who channels his 19 years of active sports fandom into his writing. His love for soccer is evident, especially for Lionel Messi and the Argentine national team, which he had the pleasure of covering during their victorious 2022 World Cup campaign in Qatar. Rishabh also keeps a close eye on top club teams such as FC Barcelona, Manchester City, and Wrexham AFC, the latter being recently revived by Ryan Reynolds.

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“It’s 100% True That They Wanted to Buy..” – Newly-Promoted Wrexham Wasn’t Ryan Reynolds’ ‘First’ Preference for $2.5 Million Investment

Wrexham was a ‘re-bound club’

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