Wrexham director Kaleen Allyn confirmed that her family was planning to invest in Liverpool before becoming the minority shareholders of the championship team which will soon be.
Mergé by Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney, Wrexham recently sealed his third consecutive promotion, confirming second place in the Ligue 1 ranking to win a place at the second level next season.
The Allyns, including the medical devices, Welch Allyn, was sold for $ 2 billion (1.3 billion pounds Sterling) in 2015, was part of the latter triumph after having invested in the club at the end of last year, with Kaleen confirming that the history of Wrexham helped to convince them to buy it.
“Even when we look at other clubs, we said to ourselves:” We want to be real partners with whom we work “,” said Kaleen Athletics. “Yes, Liverpool is an incredible club and when we look at this, we were like:” It could be an excellent opportunity, but that’s not what we want “.
“We want to be real partners and get our hands dirty; are part of the history of what’s going on. It is the greatest honor.”
The story of Wrexham reached the international public following the takeover of Reynolds and Mcelhenney, which caused a popular documentary series, Welcome to WrexhamTo raise the club’s global position.
“We survived Grandpa Bill because I wanted to somehow show him what it is,” said Allyn about the final decision to invest in Wrexham.
“As he returned home, he almost kicked and cries because he did not want to leave. He said:” The community of Wrexham is the closest thing I saw with what we grew up and what we lost in New York State “.
“He went to the match and met Phil [Parkinson]which was very kind. My grandfather had watched Welcome to Wrexham. He was completely starry. He doesn’t really care what Ryan Reynolds or Rob Mcelhenney is. But Phil Parkinson? He wanted his photo with Phil and this photo is framed on the wall of his house. “”
