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Hollywood celebrities Wrexham The owners of Liga MX, Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney, have purchased a small stake. NecaxaA source confirmed this to ESPN.
Sources claim that this deal has been in the making “for several months now and was recently completed.”
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Variety First Reported The news for Monday.
Reynolds and McElhenney are now part of a growing group celebrities that have invested in Liga MX. Eva Longoria, Mesut Özil, Kate Upton, Odell Beckham Jr., Justin Verlander, Victor Oladipo, Bode Miller, Richard Hamilton and Shawn Marion have all made investments in Necaxa recently, although it is unclear which of the celebrities remain as owners.
Longoria was at the Necaxa home game on Sunday to watch them lose 5-2. Monterrey.
Necaxa is ninth on the Liga MX standings and will play in the Play-In Round of the Liga MX Play-Offs against 10th place. Querétaro This week. The match winner will face the losers of Pachuca vs. Pumas The playoff quarter-final stage will be decided this weekend.
Necaxa was once the Mexican soccer giant of the 1990s. They won three Liga MX championships. But they have not been able to replicate that success in the 21st century. The Aguascalientes side was dead last on the Apertura table in 2023.
Reynolds and McElhenney will bring Necaxa the same attention and revival that Wrexham has enjoyed since the Hollywood duo purchased the Welsh club back in 2020.
Since acquisition Wrexham has achieved promotion in consecutive years Next season, the club will play in English football’s third division.
Necaxa, although not as ancient as Wrexham at 159 years old, is a legendary club that was founded in 1923.
Necaxa has the longest title drought in Mexico’s top division, behind only the team that won the Liga MX crown back in 1998.
In 1996 and 1999, the club won Concacaf Champions Cup.
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