Wrexham fans are no strangers to their club being criticised since Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds’ arrival but one journalist has now leaped to their defence.
Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds have transformed Wrexham from a team that could not get out of the National League to a side now predicted to finish second in League One this season.
If they secure promotion in 2024/25, the Red Dragons will make history by becoming the first team to win three promotions in a row when starting from the fifth tier or higher.
Wrexham have also never played in the Championship since it was rebranded, so that would be a first for them.
Away from the pitch, thanks to the huge sponsorship deals their owners have been able to attract in the last few years, Wrexham posted a record turnover in 2023/24.
The club’s £26.75m turnover was the highest of any League Two side ever, but the news has not gone down too well with rival fans.
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Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds defended after Wrexham accounts released
McElhenney and Reynolds’ Wrexham ‘fairytale’ was mocked by supporters when their latest accounts were first released.
Meanwhile, some took issue with the Red Dragons’ £11m wage bill from their one and only season in the fourth tier.
Now, however, probably to the surprise of many Wrexham fans, Sheffield Wednesday journalist Joe Crann has taken to social media to defend the North American owners, labelling their achievement as ‘so impressive’.
He wrote on X/Twitter in response to a post from Wrexham about their accounts: “Is it an unpopular opinion to say that nobody really dislikes what’s happening at/with Wrexham, they just wish their club was being run the same way?
“What they’ve done for the club, on and off the pitch, is so impressive.”
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How much is Wrexham worth
While rival fans don’t seem to like it, there’s no denying that McElhenney and Reynolds have achieved so much success in Wales.
When the duo bought the club in February 2021 from the Supporters Trust, they paid a measly £2m for Wrexham.
In comparison, they are thought to have spent somewhere close to that on record signing Sam Smith in January.
Four years on, the latest valuation claimed that Wrexham is now valued at £100m, £98 more than Rob and Ryan originally invested.