Wrexham are set to host Birmingham City next in the Championship as they look to continue their unbeaten run over the last two weeks.
Tom Brady will not be at the Wrexham fixture at the weekend in Wales, with his co-owner Tom Wagner set to be in attendance.
The Blues will travel to the Racecourse Ground on Friday night to face their Hollywood rivals, as they have become entangled in each other’s journeys in the EFL after American owners were introduced to the English club.
Both the Red Dragons and the Blues have been compared to one another for a while, particularly when they were both competing in League One last season; however, this comparison then grew as Birmingham released their documentary, and now a football expert has weighed in with his opinion.
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Football journalist believes Birmingham City are a ‘cynical’ copy of Wrexham
Birmingham City released their football docuseries this season, ahead of the club’s return to the Championship; however, it was not as well received as the ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ series.
Rory Smith, a football journalist, spoke on the Libero podcast about the reason behind this and why he thinks it did not have the same impact as the one following the Red Dragons, Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac.
He said: “I think it is interesting the case studies that are kind of downstream of Wrexham. Birmingham is directly inspired by Wrexham.
“Wrexham was inspired a bit by Ted Lasso, a bit by Sunderland, and a bit by this random Maradona documentary that Rob Mac watched.
“Birmingham is just trying to ape Wrexham. Yes. Which makes it a much more cynical play.”
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Birmingham City’s rebuild is a bigger challenge than that of Wrexham
Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac have delivered Wrexham to the second tier for the first time in 43 years, and the success has been celebrated by their local fans and those who have followed along with the journey from the National League to the Championship.
However, Rory Smith argued that it was an easier task to rebuild the Red Dragons due to the lack of success or a history of playing in the top flight, while Birmingham City have recently been in the Premier League and won a major domestic trophy in 2011.
He said: “I suppose Tom Magner’s view is trying to make he’s got the classic sort of thing of like, ‘I’m going to move into Birmingham.’ We’re going to rebuild the stadium. We’re going to rebuild Birmingham; it’s one of his plans, it appears to be.
“It’s a bigger job than Wrexham I’ll say that.”