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‘Wrexham just jumped out at us’ – Rob McElhenney explains decision to invest in Red Dragons with Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds after 'oblivion' realisation

<p>McElhenney and Reynolds have enjoyed a successful spell as co-owners of the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wrexham-takeover-documentary-plans-kaitlin-olson-rob-mcelhenney-ryan-reynolds/blt6a174e78fb8f0249" target="_blank">Welsh side following their takeover back in 2021</a>. The Red Dragons have risen all the way from non-league football into the Championship after achieving back-to-back-to-back promotions.</p><p></p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>McElhenney has already admitted that the owners <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/team/wrexham/206vnsjv8ho5kpf88y0u2gaic" target="_blank">dream of taking Wrexham all the way into the Premier League</a> and write another chapter in the club's storied history. The duo's decision to invest in Wrexham has ensured the club has made headlines all over the world and the&nbsp;'It's&nbsp;Always Sunny' star has now revealed why he opted to take a chance on the Welsh club.</p><p></p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>He said on the Rich Eisen Show: "I wanted to find a town first, before we want looking for a club. I remember the moment it happened, I was sitting with Kaitlin watching television. I'd learned about relegation and promotion and when I learned that I realised you could have a team with incredible history that could be relegated down into oblivion. So we wanted to find a town most importantly that fit with the ethos I most understand which was working class Philadephia. We found a few but Wrexham was the one that jumped out at us because of the history of the club. 
They've been around since 1864, they've had great success but they had fallen on hard times and we knew if we could shine the spotlight on them, invest in them and make the story about them that people would resonate with that."
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WHAT MCELHENNEY SAID

<p>Wrexham have been celebrating their latest promotion in Las Vegas and will be jetting off again in July for a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-au/lists/wrexham-down-under-ryan-reynolds-owned-club-s-preseason-tour-of-australia-and-new-zealand-dates-fixtures-tickets-and-venues/blta45029feff36e084" target="_blank">pre-season tour of Australia</a>. The hard work will then begin as Wrexham prepare for life in the Championship.</p><p></p>

WHAT NEXT FOR WREXHAM

‘Wrexham jumped out at us’ – Rob McElhenney explains decision to invest in club with Ryan Reynolds after seeing Red Dragons secure place in Championship | Goal.com

Rob McElhenney has explained his decision to invest in Wrexham after overseeing the club&apos;s rise from the National League to the Championship.

‘Wrexham just jumped out at us’ – Rob McElhenney explains decision to invest in Red Dragons with Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds after &apos;oblivion&apos; realisation