The bloke who was voted sexiest man alive in 2010 has just bought Wrexham AFC, a 156-year-old Welsh club who compete in the fifth tier of English football.
No, it’s not Alan Brazil. Ryan Reynolds, better known as superhero Deadpool, has teamed up with fellow Hollywood superstar Rob McElhenney to buy the mighty Red Dragons.
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Their aim? To take the National League club from north Wales to the Premier League – and make a documentary about how they did it.
Why they picked Wrexham remains unknown, but we’re very pleased they did. It’s one of football’s real feel-good stories and has happened when we’ve needed it most.
However, it’s not sport ownership’s first brush with fame.
Here, talkSPORT.com takes a look at how some of the previous ones turned out, featuring a certain ex-President of the United States and the total collapse of a league.
Let’s hope Reynolds and McIlhenney fare better than this…
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Donald Trump – New Jersey Generals
Trump will probably tell you the New Jersey Generals never lost a game while he was owner, just like he never lost the election.
The games they literally lost were probably just rigged, or ‘fake news’.
Before he became President of the United States, one of Trump’s ambitions was to own a sports franchise and he coveted an NFL team.
Unable to make this happen, he purchased the New Jersey Generals American football team of the newly formed USFL in the early-1980s.
By 1986 the league had collapsed and many blamed Trump for its demise. Probably fair.
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David Beckham – Inter Miami CF
Beckham’s move to Major League Soccer in 2007 was a landmark moment in the history of the league. It was Becks, for goodness sake.
As a part of his transfer to Los Angeles Galaxy, there was an agreement that allowed the former England captain to own an MLS team for a discounted fee.
He exercised that option in 2014 and the team played its first season this year, which currently has them tenth with one game to go.
The only way is up?
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Russell Crowe – South Sydney Rabbitohs
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?
Raised in Sydney, the Gladiator star bought the Rabbitohs along with businessman Peter Holmes à Court in 2006.
Holmes à Court stood down two years later amid rumours of a rift with Crowe, who remains involved with the rugby league club.
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Shah Rukh Khan – Kolkata Knight Riders
The Bollywood star bought the cricket team at the inception of the Indian Premier League in 2007.
The franchise has gained immense popularity due to its association with celebrity owners – film producer and entrepreneur Juhi Chawla is also an owner – and won the IPL in 2012 and 2014.
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Richard Branson – London Broncos
The British businessman took over as chairman of the rugby league club in 1997 with a promise to make them the best in the world.
The Broncos finished second in Super League and reached the Challenge Cup final but by 2001 Branson was gone and a slow decline followed.
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Sir Elton John – Watford
The rocket man propelled Watford to the edge of glory in the eighties, before they went breaking his heart and got relegated last season.
The singer became club chairman in 1976. His ambition was to take Watford from the old Fourth Division to the First Division – and he succeeded.
Under Graham Taylor, the Hornets finished second behind champions Liverpool during the 1982-83 season.
Sir Elton stepped down as chairman in 2002 – but his love for the club is still standing.
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