Ryan Reynolds Buys Football Team

In one of the oddest British sports news stories not involving cheese-rolling or ferret-legging, actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over the Welsh soccer side Wrexham AFC on Monday. Members of the Wrexham Supporters Trust Board voted in support of the club being taken over by the pair's firm, RR McReynolds Company, LLC, according to a note placed on the team's official website. Since 2011, the club has been fan-owned. The Deadpool actor and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star expressed interest in purchasing the fifth division team in September. Reynolds, according to the BBC, spelled out his aspirations for the club earlier this month during a virtual presentation. "This is the world's third-oldest club, and we see no reason why it cannot have a worldwide following," Reynolds said. "Our vision is for Wrexham to be a worldwide power." Additionally, the couple discussed ideas for a documentary following the team's fortunes. The two celebrities have committed to invest £2 million in the club.

Our objective is to expand the club, reintroduce it to the English Football League, and do so in front of higher attendances at a renovated stadium, all while having a good impact on the larger community in Wrexham, they said in the appeal.

They continued by outlining four objectives: strengthening Wrexham's ideals, broadening the club's identity, and rewarding supporters' devotion and passion to the club with the prospect of success.

Although the Welsh team has been under fan control since 2011, an overwhelming 98.6 percent of fans voted in favor of the actors purchasing the club, in a really bizarre moment for football. The $2.5 million acquisition for Wrexham, the third oldest football club in the world, will undoubtedly assist the team in regaining promotion to the professional English Football League. Wrexham are now 14th in the National League, the fifth division of English football. They are not yet A-list footballers. Reynolds and McElhenney, on the other hand, are optimistic about the club's future. The couple seem to be ambitious, as Reynolds discusses their goal of introducing the club to the rest of the globe and growing it into a worldwide power.

Wrexham Supporters Trust stated in November: "The Wrexham Supporters Trust Board wishes to express its appreciation to Mr Rob McElhenney and Mr Ryan Reynolds, as well as their advisors Inner Circle Sports and Walker Morris, for their professional and considered approach and the time they have already invested in this process."

As Wrexham fans, we wish them the best of success in their new roles and look forward to what the future holds.

Ryan Reynolds Bought Football Team

When it comes to his own football (not soccer) abilities, Reynolds, 44, claims he's not awful – but it doesn't seem like he'll be showing them off to the players anytime soon. "My football abilities are adequate," he asserts. "I mean, I played for, like, ten years as a child. I make no pretense of being on the same level as the club's players or even the normal, everyday, human being in Wales.

According to Deadline, the series has already been commissioned for two seasons:

The series will chronicle the hopes and aspirations of the residents of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, as the actors take over the town's storied but faltering club. It will chronicle Reynolds and McElhenney's crash course in football club ownership and the inexorably linked destiny of a team and a town that is banking on two stars to infuse the community with genuine hope and change.

As Wrexham fans, we wish them the best of success in their new roles and look forward to what the future holds.

"This is a really serious endeavor for us. Why was Wrexham chosen? Your club, we feel, is a sleeping behemoth with a fantastic narrative, stadium, and fans. There is no end to the possibilities. We want to establish Wrexham as a worldwide power," the actor said. Similarly, Dean Kates, the manager of Wrexham, recently hailed the club takeover as a "interesting endeavor."