Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney want to own Wrexham 'for the rest of our lives'

Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have expressed their enthusiasm for building a sustainable business at Wrexham following their promotion back to League Two, claiming they want to be their for 'the rest of our lives'.

Wrexham recently returned to the English Football League after a 15-year absence this season, with the duo's investment in the Welsh club yielding positive results.

Since taking over the club from the Wrexham Supporters Trust in February 2021, Reynolds and McElhenney have made significant investments in infrastructure and have worked on strengthening the squad under manager Phil Parkinson.

Reports suggest that their expenditure has exceeded £10m.

During an interview on the Fearless in Devotion podcast, McElhenney responded to the critics that believe the pair will eventually tire of the club.

"I find it fascinating there are people who assume this could ever be boring in any stretch of the imagination," he said.

"The things we have done and felt in the last two-and-a-half years just don't exist in our worlds – or any world that I can think of. So getting bored would never be on the list of things that would happen.

"But I also think about any cynicism or criticism that we might get, that is simply by nature just not creative in any way or helpful in any way, is generally just a reflection of how someone is feeling about themselves or something they may have gone through in their life."

Looking ahead, Wrexham is expected to further strengthen its team in the upcoming summer transfer window to mount a promotion challenge in League Two next season.

Reynolds, expressing his ambition to guide Wrexham to the Premier League, admitted that his involvement in football has become an 'addiction'.

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"We don't pretend it's just salad days ahead. It's a journey. It's making sure that no matter what we do as stewards of this club we are avoiding stasis or backtracking at all cost," Reynolds said.

"That can sometimes happen, at least from when I've observed other clubs, you can get in this cycle where you're just keeping your head above water.

"So we always want to be on that inexorable march forward, not just as a club but as a community, and Rob and I love Wrexham about as much as two human beings could love anything on this planet."

Addressing rumors surrounding their failed attempt to persuade former Real Madrid and Wales star Gareth Bale to come out of retirement and play for Wrexham, Reynolds and McElhenney insisted on their commitment to building a sustainable business.

"From the beginning, we've been talking about what our short-term strategy is and what our long-term strategy is because we've always said we want to build a sustainable business."

Reynolds echoed this sentiment, emphasising that their actions aim to ensure the club's long-term stability, adding: "Everything we've done since we've come in is to ensure no matter who comes in – and hopefully it's us for the rest of our lives – we are building a sustainable business. Whatever that might mean in the future, who's to say?

"Almost the next day [after the club's promotion], I was so excited to dig in to what's next for the club, which I'm proud to say and deeply regretful to say because I should have enjoyed that moment, which I did. But I'm so excited to repeat that feeling as much as possible and just grow, grow, grow as big as we can possibly get and continue to deliver."