Wrexham’s rise from the National League to the Championship in recent seasons has been both historic and record-breaking.
Wrexham became the first club in English football history to claim back-to-back-to-back promotions thanks to their League One heroics in 2024/25 – finishing second despite being predicted to battle against relegation according to a supercomputer.
The remarkable journey the Welsh outfit has been on has been largely thanks to Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac, who bought Wrexham back in 2021.
The pair reportedly bought Wrexham for around £2m, and have since put a huge chunk of cash into the club in order to fulfill Rob and Ryan’s dream of owning a Premier League club. This summer alone, with the club gearing up for their first season back in the second tier in 43 years, Rob and Ryan have broken Wrexham’s transfer record on two separate occasions to sign Lewis O’Brien and Liberato Cacace.
Thanks to the £40m cash injection that Championship football has provided, as well as lucrative sponsorship deals with the likes of American Airlines, these deals are certainly financially viable for the club. However, things could have been very different had Wrexham not earned promotion from the National League when they did in 2023.
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Ryan Reynolds admitted Wrexham would’ve been ‘wholly unsustainable’ if they weren’t promoted in 2023
After missing out on promotion to League Two during Phil Parkinson’s first season with Wrexham – losing in the play-off semi-finals – according to Shaun Harvey, the club and its owners went “all in physically, all in financially, and all in emotionally” in order to gain promotion at the second time of asking.
Having already forked out big money to acquire talent from higher leagues like Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer in 2021/22, Wrexham added players from Championship and League One clubs such as Elliot Lee and Eoghan O’Connell to achieve that goal.
Speaking in episode one of the second season of ‘Welcome to Wrexham’, Humphrey Ker admitted that the wage bill at the club was the “highest in the division” and that promotion was needed in order to “offset that cost.”
Ryan Reynolds detailed just how much of a financial risk these moves were, admitting: “We’re heavily invested in building this club. And if we don’t get promoted this year, the club is completely, totally, and wholly, unsustainable.
“It’s really ratcheted up the pressure for us, I think, but for the players on the field and for the people in the community. This year, we have to get promoted.”
Rob Mac echoed Ryan’s sentiments at the time too: “From a financial perspective, if we do not get promoted this year we are f—–.”
Wrexham stake valued at £350m amid investor interest
Thankfully for Wrexham’s owners and fans alike, promotion was achieved in 2023 thanks to heroics from Paul Mullin and co.
Since then, Wrexham have gone from strength to strength both on and off the pitch. While on the pitch, the club are now settling into life in the Championship, off the pitch the club have become hugely successful from a financial point of view too.
| Club | Club value | Rank |
| Como 1907 | £161m | 66th |
| Torino | £154m | 67th |
| RB Salzburg | £150m | 68th |
| Wrexham | £150m (estimated) | 69th |
| Parma | £146m | 70th |
| Zenit | £146m | 71st |
| SC Freiburg | £145m | 72nd |
The club has been valued at £150m since promotion from League One, however Rob and Ryan are considering selling a stake in the club worth £200m more than that at £350m – a figure that would make Wrexham the most expensive side in the Championship.
Middle Eastern investment at Wrexham has been mooted, however nothing concrete has come to light thus far.