Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s takeover of Wrexham has been approved by the club’s Supporters Trust.
The National League club posted a statement in September identifying two people interested in buying the club, who happened to be the Hollywood stars.
Wrexham have been fan owned since 2011 and the Supporters Trust members held a week-long vote over the takeover bid.
Out of more than 2,000 trust members eligible to vote, 1,809 approved, 26 were against and nine abstained.
A trust statement said: “Subject to final agreement, league and FA confirmation – the RR McReynolds Company, LLC will take 100% control of Wrexham Football Club Limited from the WST.
“Both parties will now proceed with finalising the details of the takeover, and we will update Wrexham supporters as soon as we can.”
The club also posted a tweet announcing the news and featured a hilarious video of Reynolds and McElhenney promoting the team’s main sponsor.
The proposed takeover could lead to £2million being invested in the club and a Netflix-style documentary at the Racecourse Ground.
Reynolds and McElhenney presented their vision to trust members on November 8 at a virtual meeting and told them they wanted to attend as many games as possible and ‘have a pint with the fans’.
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The statement added: “Wrexham Supporters Trust Board would like to thank Mr Rob McElhenney and Mr Ryan Reynolds, and their advisors Inner Circle Sports and Walker Morris, for their professional and considered approach and for the time they have already put into the process.
“As Wrexham supporters, we would like to wish them the very best of luck in charge of our Football Club and look forward to what the future brings.”
Rob McElhenney is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter, best known as the creator of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Ryan Reynolds is a Canadian actor, writer, producer and business entrepreneur whose credits include Marvel’s Deadpool.
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