First Wales, now Mexico?
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, the Hollywood actors who bought a fifth-division English football club and documented its revival, creating an Emmy-winning series in the process, have purchased a minority stake in Club Necaxa, according to several reports, including Variety.
Reynolds and McElhenney join fellow actor Eva Longoria, who originally got on board as an investor back in 2021 with the 101-year-old club.
While the move has prompted many to speculate about the possibility of another docu-series along the lines of Welcome to Wrexham, which has transformed the tiny Welsh team into a world-wide phenomenon, the Variety story said that idea would be premature and there was no news along those lines for the team, which is based in Aguascalientes, in northern-central Mexico.
While Wrexham was a fifth-tier team upon the purchase in 2020 and has very recently earned its second straight promotion, moving it into England’s third tier of football (League One) next season, Club Necaxa is already established in Liga MX, which is Mexico’s top division.
from Sportsnet.ca
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