After the huge success of their investment in Wrexham, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney look to be heading to Mexico.
According to a report in Variety, the actors and Wrexham co-owners have purchased a “significant” stake in Liga MX side Necaxa. Sportico would later confirm Variety’s report.
The pair paid just $2.5 million for Wrexham in 2020, with the Welsh club in the fifth-tier National League at the time.
Less than four years later, Wrexham is heading to League One after a second straight promotion, and the docuseries “Welcome to Wrexham” has become an Emmy-winning hit.
Reynolds and McElhenney will now attempt to repeat the feat in Mexico, though Necaxa already plays at the highest level of Mexican club soccer.
But the club has fallen on hard times compared to its heydey in the 1990s, when it won three domestic titles. Los Rayos were last crowned champion of Mexico in 1998.
The report in Variety states that actress Eva Longoria, who became an investor in Necaxa in 2021, helped bring Reynolds and McElhenney into the fold at the Aguascalientes-based club.
It is unclear what role Reynolds and McElhenney will play in Necaxa’s leadership, with the pair not believed to be taking a majority stake in the club. Also unclear is whether, or how, a docuseries surrounding the club could be produced.
After the huge success of “Welcome to Wrexham” though, the prospect of a sequel would undoubtedly be an appealing one for the actors.
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