Celebrity Wrexham AFC owner Ryan Reynolds buys £1.5m home in small Welsh village
Blockbuster actor and Wrexham AFC co-owner Ryan Reynolds has bought a four-bed home in a Welsh village, two years after taking over the storied football club.
The Deadpool star, who bought Wrexham with fellow actor Rob McElhenney in 2021, has now snapped up a £1.5m property in Marford, five miles from Wrexham city centre, according to The Sun.
The Sun reports that Mr Reynolds, 46, has bought the house in Wales to add to the home in New York where he lives with his wife Blake Lively and their children.
Mr Reynolds and Mr McElhenney were in Wrexham on Monday to receive the freedom of the county borough, having accepted the honour virtually in December. It was hours before a crucial home match against Notts County, which Wrexham went on to win 3-2.
Mr Reynolds and Mr McElhenney took full control of Wrexham of the National League from the Wrexham Supporters Trust in February 2021, investing £2 million under the terms of the deal.
Since then, heavy investment has turned the club into National League promotion contenders and they made headlines in late January when they came close to knocking Championship side Sheffield United out of the FA Cup, instead getting a replay at Bramall Lane which they lost 3-1 after late goals.
The celebrity ownership duo explored the history and culture of Wrexham in their hit Disney+ fly-on-the-wall documentary Welcome To Wrexham.
The award-winning show documents the team’s progress, and tells the story of the club, founded in 1864, which has the world’s oldest international ground.
Mr Reynolds previously said that he and Mr McElhenney hope to eventually take the club into the Premier League.
“The plan is now, and has always been, the Premier League," he said.
“I can’t really put a date on that. But if it’s theoretically possible to go from fifth division to Premier League, why wouldn’t we do it?”
Mr Reynolds and Mr McElhenney have been named in Wrexham's squad for a seven-a-side tournament due to take place this summer in the United States.
Wrexham have signed up to play in The Soccer Tournament, a winner-takes-all tournament in Cary, North Carolina from June 1-4 with 32 teams competing for a cash prize of 1million US dollars (£831,000).
The Dragons confirmed their participation earlier this year, joining a field that already includes former Fulham and Tottenham midfielder Clint Dempsey's Team Dempsey, Hashtag United, Liga MX side Club Nexaca and US Women, made up of former United States internationals.
