Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has been revealed as a potential investor in the Welsh team Rexham AFC, playing in the fifth round of English football in the National League.
The Rexham Supporters Trust board, which runs the former EFL team, announced Wednesday that it is in discussions with fellow actor Rob McLenny, who has starred in films such as “Deadpool” and “Blade: Trinity,” with the Reynolds Club. Proposed investment.
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Rexham’s most notable achievement was the FA Cup win over Arsenal in January 1992.
Due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on lower league football in the UK, Rexham avoided leading to the National League (North) last season and is set to launch the 2020-21 campaign.
In a statement, Rexham said: “Negotiations with the proposed bidders will continue and we are in a position to confirm two people interested in investing in Rexham AFC.
“Rob McCullenny is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter best known as the creator of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’.
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“Ryan Reynolds is an award-winning Canadian actor, writer, producer and business entrepreneur, to his credit includes Marvel’s ‘Deadpool’.
“At the appropriate time, Mr. McLenny and Mr. Reynolds Rexham will present their vision for the AFC and a proposal to vote at the second special general meeting of members.”
The size or purpose of Reynolds and McLaughlin’s investment is still unclear, as is their willingness to buy into a club struggling for success in their history.
Founded in 1864, Rexham was released from the EFL in 2008 after 87 years as a football league club and has since failed to regain his place in the EFL.
The club’s stadium, Racecourse Ground, is the oldest international football stadium used in the first Wales game against Scotland in 1877. Ryan Giggs’ Wales team last played at Rexham when they faced Trinidad and Tobago in March 2019.
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