Hollywood stars and Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought a minority stake in Liga MX’s Necaxa, a source has confirmed to ESPN.
According to the source, the deal was in the works “for months and finalized recently.”
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Variety first reported the news on Monday.
Reynolds and McElhenney join a group of fellow celebrities who have recently bought stakes in the Liga MX team. 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.
On Sunday, Longoria was in attendance at Necaxa’s 5-2 loss at home to Monterrey.
Necaxa are ninth in the Liga MX table and will take part in the play-in round of the Liga MX playoffs vs. 10th-placed Querétaro this week. The winner of the match will then take on the loser of Pachuca vs. Pumas this weekend for a place in the quarterfinal stage of the playoffs.
