How Ryan Reynolds personally got involved to seal the transfer of one of Wrexham's promotion heroes

Ryan Reynolds' Instagram account was the surprise factor in one of Wrexham's promotion heroes decisions to join the National League champions.

There is no doubt how much Reynolds, and co-owner Rob McElhenney, care about Wrexham, with the emotions they went through as the club got promoted back into the Football League.

The pair have been seen around the Racecourse Ground on many occasions since buying the club, and were at the centre of celebrations when they beat Boreham Wood nine days ago.

After that Reynolds went straight for his next target, as he attempted to get Ben Foster to agree to a new deal, whilst still on the pitch celebrating.

Plans for their first season in League Two in 15 years are clearly well under way, with McElhenney turning his attention to getting Gareth Bale to join the Welsh team.

Other high profile players could even join their attempts to make it into England's third tier, with the likes of Phil Jones available for nothing.

But plenty can still be made of the players who delivered promotion this year, especially as many have already played at the higher levels, such as Elliot Lee.

Lee is the son of former Newcastle United player Rob Lee and left Luton Town last summer to move to Wrexham, and his dad revealed the story of how Reynolds was directly involved.

"Last season he was on loan at Charlton from Luton. He enjoyed it at first under Johnnie Jackson. But when he was sacked as manager it all unravelled and I was pleased he didn’t join them permanently," the older Lee explained, via the Mirror.

"He had other offers from the EFL but I jokingly said to him because, he is a huge Ryan Reynolds fan, huge, he absolutely loves Deadpool, 'what would happen if Ryan rings you with an offer?'

"I was just messing about. He said there was no way he was dropping down into the National League.

Lee celebrates scoring for Wrexham. Image: Alamy

"A couple of days later his agent rang me and coincidently said Wrexham had come in for him, should he bother telling Elliot. I said he had to tell him.

"Then Phil Parkinson [the manager] started ringing him. Phil kept reassuring him about the club’s ambitions and then Ryan Reynolds followed him on Instagram. He eventually agreed to join.

"It was a bit of a gamble but he has always liked a challenge. It was similar to when he joined Luton Town and they went up through the leagues. I think he sees similarities with what happened there at Wrexham.”

The former West Ham player scored an important goal in the game against Boreham Wood, heading home the hosts equaliser after the Hertfordshire side threatened to spoil the party by going ahead after just 43 seconds of the game.