Wrexham’s value could rise to £150m following their promotion to the Championship, according to football finance expert Kieran Maguire. That would represent a valuation increase of 7,400% since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the club for around £2m in 2021. At the time, the club were in the fifth-tier National League –...
Smith – whose acrobatic goal helped deliver promotion and earn lavish praise from Reynolds – became Wrexham’s record signing for a reported £2m in January. Big money for a side operating on frees and non-contracts not so long ago, but small fry when it comes to pushing for the Premier League. “Money talks in football,”...
Ryan Reynolds was not budging from his line nor from the pitch as the latest instalment of Wrexham promotion celebrations carried on long after the final whistle sounded on their 3-0 win over Charlton. For now, for Reynolds, for Wrexham, the Championship will do just fine. It is a level the club have not experienced...
McElhenney, 48, posed for photographs with Wrexham supporters and joined in with celebrations during the course of what could prove a pivotal victory for the Welsh club against Steve Bruce’s side. They now lead Wycombe by two points with just two matches remaining this season as they bid to secure an historic third successive promotion....
The club set a new third-tier record by signing England Under-21 international Jay Stansfield for an eight-figure sum, and also brought in Christoph Klarer and Willum Thor Willumsson for big fees to bolster a squad relegated from the Championship last season. The rebuild has been a success with 18-goal Stansfield currently joint top scorer in...
Dewey and Engelberg have both worked with Reynolds during their careers. Dewey is executive producer of the Welcome to Wrexham documentary and is a co-founder – alongside Reynolds – of movie, TV series, content and advertising creators Maximum Effort. He started his career as a writer with advertising agency McCann and was the marketer for...
Wrexham have long been keen not to pin all their ambitions on a documentary and the financial rewards that follow. And the accounts show that as much as the club have benefited from the backing of their celebrity owners, they are not really being bankrolled by them. According to the strategic financial report accompanying the...
