America's Soccer Team Is Here - Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney OFFICIALLY Become Owners Of Wrexham With A $2.7 Million Investment
[Source] - They are making a £2million investment, having opened talks with the National League club in September.
They added that funds “will be immediately channelled into new initiatives at the Racecourse Community Foundation, including £50,000 to enhance the women’s football programme and increase participation at all levels.
"Alongside this, first-team player identification will be a priority, so the club is in the best possible position for the summer transfer window”
Fuck yes. It felt like it was just a matter of time, but the fact there was a hold up last month started putting some doubts in my mind. It seems too good to be true. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, two legends taking over a fifth-league team trying to turn them into a monster all while we get a Netflix documentary on it? It sounds like a TV plot they'd star in. Good luck finding two better looking owners in all of sports too. That's just a stone cold fact that you can't deny.
Oh and there's more than just that. The day they officially take over guess what America's Team does? Moves into the final playoff spot. That's not a fluke. That's just the Reynolds/Rob success. Remember, this is their 5 principles:
- Protect the heritage of the club.
- Not change, but reinforce the values woven into the town itself.
- Use our own resources to grow the club - they want it to have a global appeal.
- Reward the supporters who have stood with it by putting everything we have to make this club win.
- We want to be champions
Want to be champions? One step closer there. They want to be a global power and I honestly just can't see how it doesn't happen. They are out here talking about spending money and buying good players to become dominant. I love it. Get cocky with it and just try to land the biggest names possible. They have a ton of fuck you money to throw around and land whoever they want, well relative to the league. We already saw them donate money to the club to land transfers before they even became owners:
They also want to get drunk with fans, which sign me up. I'll go to Wales right this second to have a pint with them.
“We want to have a pint with the fans. You’ll be fed up of us! We want to be great ambassadors for the club, to introduce the club to the world and be a global force.”
Actually, fuck a pint. I'll bring the riot juice.
The thing is I can totally see them blending in perfectly too. Sure, they are multi-millionaires and A+ stars, but they just seem like regular dudes. They seem like two dudes who will just sit at the bar, shoot the shit and start singing the Wrexham songs. I gotta learn the songs I guess. I'm ready to go all in on Wrexham. They are officially America's Team, shit they have about as much success right now as the Cowboys anyways so we can just transfer the name.
PS: This is still the greatest prediction in the history of anything. Eight years ago!