Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a Welsh football club.
Megastar Ryan Reynolds (44, "Deadpool") and his fellow actor Rob McElhenney (43) will create a Hollywood atmosphere in Wales. As reported by the "Sportico" portal, the two buy the internationally unknown football club AFC Wrexham and shoot a documentary about the club. The club plays in the National League, the fifth division in English football.
More followers than Liverpool
Accordingly, the two actors should not pay a cent in advance for AFC Wrexham, but have promised to put the equivalent of around 2.2 million euros in the club's infrastructure. In a video meeting of supporters of the association, which was founded in 1864, some of the goals of Reynolds and McElhenney were last discussed.
For example, a part of the money is to be used to build a training facility. A renovation of the stadium is also on the agenda. Reynolds and McElhenney also want to use their fame to make the club better known. The former has around 36.5 million subscribers on Instagram alone. In comparison: Liverpool FC, current champions of the English Premier League, has 28.7 million fans there.