Stars align for wrexham takeover

WREXHAM’S former stars are going all Hollywood as they look to recreate the halcyon days of the Seventies.

Tinseltown A-listers Ryan Reynolds (right) and Rob McElhenney are expected this week to have the red carpet rolled out for them by the North Wales club’s fans, who have been voting on a takeover proposal by the actors. Reynolds and McElhenney are ready to pledge £2million to return National League Wrexham back to the EFL following a 12-year exile.

The Hollywood pair need at least 75 per cent of the fan-owned club to agree to the proposals, with the deadline for voting ending today. Mickey

Thomas, whose spectacular free-kick in the 1992 FA Cup triumph against Arsenal has been replayed many times across the other side of the Atlantic as Reynolds and McElhenney catch up on the club’s history, admitted: “These are exciting times for everyone connected with Wrexham.

“If they get it right the sky’s the limit for a club that would regularly attract crowds of 20,000 in the Seventies when they reached the old Second Division.

“The first objective is to get back into the Football League and this pair aren’t coming to Wrexham to fail.”

Ex-Wrexham player and manager Dixie McNeil, now a director and club president, received a phone call from McElhenney outlining the Hollywood pair’s ambitious plans.

He said: “I told them how good it was in the old days and Rob said he’d seen some of the TV footage and wanted to bring those days back.

“The fans trust has done a good job over the years but to go forward you need an injection of money. These two have it.”

Ian Rush, who had a brief spell as a Wrexham player and did some coaching at the Racecourse Ground, added: “Wrexham should be a Football League club.

“It’s important that the new owners get the right people around them.”

In a virtual message before the votes were cast, Reynolds and McElhenney stated: “We will work every day for as long as you have us to ensure the world knows that Wrexham is the name in football.”