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Ryan Reynolds wanted to throw up when he heard Wrexham had lost over $12 million. By March 2025, the club had repaid roughly $19 million in loans and interest to his and Rob McElhenney’s company. And they still owned a stake in it. When they took over in 2021, Wrexham was a Welsh soccer club stuck in the fifth tier of English football. In a meeting shown on Welcome to Wrexham, they asked how much money they were losing. “Loads,” came the answer. The club’s adviser put the estimate above £10 million — more than $12 million at the time. Reynolds felt sick. McElhenney wanted to know when they would get paid if they kept the club. In April 2023, Wrexham finally won promotion back to the Football League after 15 years away. That’s the moment in the video below. Reynolds is struggling to process it. People had kept asking why they bought Wrexham. With the stadium celebrating around him, he had his answer: “This is exactly why Wrexham.” McElhenney talks about the town, the supporters, and what it means to have been welcomed into their community. The money started coming back, too. By March 2025, the club had repaid about £15 million in shareholder loans and interest. That was repayment of money lent to the club, not £15 million in profit. A month later, Wrexham secured its third consecutive promotion. A team they had bought in the fifth tier was now one division below the Premier League. They had recovered their shareholder loans while keeping a stake in what Wrexham could become.