American actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney They became minority owners of the Necaxa, Mexican team with which they will seek to emulate the Wrexham Football Club project, Welsh club that they acquired in September 2020.
According to information from Varietythe purpose of the purchase is to grow the club’s profile in international sporting circles to take advantage of the moment of high demand for football content on television and platforms streaming.
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Will there be a documentary?
The addition of Reynolds and McElhenney opens the door to the filming of a documentary detailing the growth of Necaxa similar to ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, series that put the Welsh club in the spotlight of sports programs.
The star of films like ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Green Lantern’, along with McElhenney, acquired the Wrexham Football Club of the English fifth division in 2020.which in two years saw promotion to League Two (fourth division), and recently to League One (third).
“A few years ago, if you had told me that I would cry with joy at a football match being held in North Wales I wouldn’t believe it. Congratulations to Wrexham. Blow up the city! “This is the trip of our lives,” was the message Reynolds posted on social media a few weeks ago, after the promotion of his team.
In addition to Wrexham’s sporting successes, these two actors have grown the club’s fan base on social media. In ‘X’ the Welsh team has more followers than Liverpool FC, from the Premier League.
Unlike Wrexham, Club Necaxa, based in Aguascalientes, in the north of the capital, is a first division team in Mexico. The Mexican soccer league is the most watched in the United States, above the MLS, the Spanish league and the English Premier League.
Reynolds and McElhenney join a group of investors who have landed in Necaxa since 2021, among them the Mexican-American actress Eva Longoria, the Major League star Justin Verlander, the American model Kate Upton and the NFL player Odell Beckham Jr.
