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Rob McElhenney (L) and Ryan Reynolds took power of Wrexham successful February 2021
Ryan Reynolds says he and chap Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney do not make immoderate "football decisions" astatine nan Championship club.
Wrexham person had a meteoric emergence nether their Hollywood owners, becoming nan first squad successful nan history of English football's apical 5 divisions to unafraid 3 successive promotions.
The American owners were astatine nan Stok Cae Ras connected Saturday to watch Wrexham play their first location crippled successful nan 2nd tier of English shot since May 1982.
But location was nary Hollywood ending arsenic West Bromwich Albion won 3-2 to time off nan Red Dragons without a Championship constituent aft 2 games.
"We person a very hands-off guidance style," Deadpool prima Reynolds told Sky Sports.
"Our occupation is to listen, learn, and show nan story. And that is simply a awesome position for immoderate ownership group to beryllium in, to really conscionable beryllium location to support and show nan story.
"We don't make shot decisions. And really nan awesome gift of that is that we're capable to person relationships pinch nan players astatine Wrexham, whereas astir group successful our position can't.
"So we person a narration pinch each azygous 1 of our players."
The Welsh club's commercialized occurrence - fuelled by Reynolds and McElhenney's personage position and nan award-winning Welcome to Wrexham documentary bid - has allowed them to put heavy successful Phil Parkinson's squad pinch 9 summertime signings.
Wrexham person surgery their transportation grounds 3 times this summertime and Wales striker Nathan Broadhead, signed from Ipswich Town successful a woody worthy up to £10m, made his debut against West Brom.
McElhenney said: "It's absorbing to get accolades erstwhile you perceive group say, 'Oh, you guys person done a beautiful bully occupation pinch nan club'.
"The truth is we don't really person thing to do pinch what happens retired connected nan pitch.
"We've sewage our very circumstantial job, which is to beryllium clowns and to show nan communicative arsenic champion we can.
"But besides to beryllium arsenic respectful arsenic we perchance tin to what Phil does connected nan transportation and what nan executive team, Michael [Williamson], Shaun [Harvey] and Humphrey [Ker] and everybody does disconnected nan pitch.
"We conscionable person an unthinkable squad and we conscionable get to beryllium backmost and beryllium fans and archive nan process."