Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney involved in 'brutal' row over Wrexham's next step

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are reportedly involved in a row over the club's next steps.

Back in February of 2021, Hollywood pair Reynolds and McElhenney completed the takeover of Wrexham for a reported fee of £2 million.

Since then, they have invested huge amounts of money into the club, resulting in back-to-back promotions.

This season, Phil Parkinson's men have enjoyed a decent start to life in League One as they currently sit second in the table behind Wycombe Wanderers.

However, off the pitch, it has been claimed that Reynolds and McElhenney have faced problems in their bid to build a new training centre for Wrexham's youngsters.

As reported by The Mirror, the pair are looking to undergo a multi-million-pound development at Darland High School in the Wrexham village of Rossett.

The project will include building a base for the academy stars but their plans have been met with anger from the locals.

According to the report, nine letters of objection were submitted to the Wrexham Council, a summarised version read: "The brutal commercial and industrial appearance is not in keeping with the proposed location within the green wedge. The development goes against planning policy advice in regards to the green wedge.

"The school will lose the use of some athletic practice areas as a result of the proposal. The development is retrospective and the council should have made them stop work until the application was determined. The development brings no benefit to the Rossett community."

Wrexham owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds. Image: Getty

Earlier in the year, Reynolds and McElhenney spoke about challengers they have faced with the local council.

Reynolds said to Collider: "I think the thick buttress of bureaucracy is the biggest problem. In Wales, it really is a lot of red tape, and it's just sort of figuring out ways to tick all those boxes and make sure that every single bureaucrat is happy."

McElhenney added: "It is definitely a comedic point of consternation in the show how often we're running up against bureaucracy. It's a lot harder to build in the UK than, I found, almost anywhere else in the world."