Was THIS the trip that 納得させるd Will to buy into the beautiful game? Ferrell joked about with Wrexham players while visiting Ryan Reynolds' Welsh 味方する - as Hollywood 星／主役にする 'buys large 火刑／賭ける in 物陰／風下d 部隊d'

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Buying a 'large' 火刑／賭ける in 物陰／風下d 部隊d 示すs the next 一時期／支部 in the Hollywood icon Will Ferrell's ever-growing love for football.

The Elf actor is known to be a 抱擁する fan of the beautiful game, having become a co-owner of MLS 味方する LAFC in 2016 and making 正規の／正選手 外見s at サッカー 援助（する）.

However, a move into English football 経由で 選手権 high-flyers 物陰／風下d 示すs a change in direction for the 56-year-old who until now has been content to be a 観客 only on this 味方する of the pond.

And it may have been trip just over the 国境 to Wrexham, と一緒に his A-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） pals Ryan Reynolds and 略奪する McElhenney, that gave him the bug for 所有権 in the British 小島s.

The comedian was pictured と一緒に the pair during a visit to the Welsh club last year, and made an 外見 in their 攻撃する，衝突する 文書の 'Welcome to Wrexham'.

The Elf actor was seen 株ing a joke with Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds and former England footballer David Beckham during the FA トロフィー Final between Bromley and Wrexham? at Wembley in May 2022

Will Ferrell was seen on a visit to Wrexham AFC in the series Welcome to Wrexham , during which he spoke with the players

The Anchorman 星／主役にする 刺激するd laughter form the Wrexham players after asking what they really thought of their club's owners

The Hollywood icon has also been pictured taking photos with footballers such as Liverpoo l's Trent Alexander-Arnold

Ferrell was seen 支払う／賃金ing a visit to the team's stadium locker room where he shook 手渡すs with the players and referred to them as 'famous'.

As one player was getting a 脚 massage, the Anchorman 星／主役にする 刺激するd laughter by 説: 'That is a beefy thigh there

'Is that relaxing or painful or both?' Ferrell asked after the laughter 沈下するd.

'Bit of both,' the player 答える／応じるd.

Ferrell continued to let the jokes 飛行機で行く, asking a staff member across the room if he 'needed a rub 負かす／撃墜する'.

'These are 魔法 手渡すs' Ferell joked.

He then jokingly asks the 競技者s about club owners McElhenney and Reynolds, asking: 'Do you guys like Ryan and 略奪する or not really? You can be honest.'

Ferrell's question was met with laughter and no 返答. The Anchorman 星／主役にする gave the players a 手渡す gesture 示唆するing their impartial 姿勢 as an answer. '略奪する is good. Ryan? Dodgy Canadian.'

Away from the ground the actor was seen popping into 地元の pub The Turf, which is where Wrexham AFC is believed to have been 最初 formed 159 years ago.

Ferrell was snapped sitting around a （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する with several 地元のs, 同様に as the owner Wayne Jones 事前の to the match.?

He then sent a message out to all the club's 580,000 信奉者s on X, 以前は known as Twitter, after taking 支配（する）／統制する of a camera and 記録，記録的な／記録するing a ビデオ of himself on the pitch.

The comic actor teased 支持者s by pretending to '直す／買収する，八百長をする my hair' in 前線 of the camera for almost 20 seconds, before 持つ／拘留するing the レンズ 権利 up の近くに to his 直面する.

'Hi, it's Will Ferrell, and this is my first time here - where are we again? Wrexham!' he joked.

'I'm just really excited to see the match, I'll be honest with you, I'm a little nervous!' he continued, before 星／主役にするing into the レンズ and walking off.?

Ferrell's 関係 with football goes far beyond his 2005 film 'Kicking & 叫び声をあげるing' - he has been seen 定期的に …に出席するing matches and has 提起する／ポーズをとるd for pictures with the likes of Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Two years after its 設立するing in 2014, Ferrell became a co-owner of Los Angeles FC in MLS. LAFC won the MLS Cup in 2022 after （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing the Philadelphia Union in 刑罰，罰則s .

He will be hoping for 類似の success at 物陰／風下d 部隊d に引き続いて his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to 投資する in the West Yorkshire club.

News of his 決定／判定勝ち（する） to buy in was 明らかにする／漏らすd on Saturday, after it was 確認するd The Whites would have to go through the play-offs in their 戦う／戦い for 昇進／宣伝 to the 首相 League.?

Will Ferrell has 報道によれば brought a 火刑／賭ける in 物陰／風下d after 落ちるing in love with English football

The 56-year-old has pumped a 'large' 火刑／賭ける into 物陰／風下d' American owners 49ers 企業s

物陰／風下d 行方不明になるd out on (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 昇進／宣伝 from the 選手権, but are in the play-offs

The Elf 星／主役にする is a 抱擁する sports fan, and became one of the co-owners of MLS 味方する LAFC in 2016

The Sun on Sunday 報告（する）／憶測d Ferrell has pumped a 'large' 火刑／賭ける into 物陰／風下d' American owners 49ers 企業s.

An insider said: 'It's true - Will Ferrell owns a 株 of 物陰／風下d.

'The 49ers will be 発表するing his 関与 in the coming days and he's looking 今後 to ぱらぱら雨ing a little stardust on the club.

'He loves サッカー and has been 特に impressed by the passion of the English game.'

The move is 見解（をとる）d as 'a serious 投資 適切な時期', with 物陰／風下d 潜在的に just three games from returning to the 首相 League.

The club's '大規模な fanbase' has also been 特記する／引用するd as a 推論する／理由 behind the 商売／仕事 取引，協定, with the source 追加するing: 'He knows his football and he is 決定するd to help bring 支援する the glory days to 物陰／風下d'.

A 広報担当者 for 物陰／風下d said: 'We would never comment on the status of individual 投資家s.

'It would be up to them to comment on any 火刑／賭ける they have in the club.'

He is far from the first famous 直面する to put their money into the beautiful game.

Actors Ryan Reynolds and 略奪する McElhenney took over Wrexham in 2020, and have overseen 支援する-to-支援する 昇進／宣伝s which mean the North むちの跡s club will play League 1 football next season.?

Perhaps another taking inspiration from the pair is NFL 星／主役にする Tom Brady - who retired from gridiron football a year ago - after he bought a 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける in Birmingham City FC last August.

Ferrell chatted with Ted Lesso actors Brendan 追跡（する） and Jason Sudeikis at LAFC's 2024 opener?

Ryan Reynolds and 略奪する McElhenney have celebrated 支援する-to-支援する 昇進／宣伝s with Wrexham

Always Sunny actor 略奪する and Deadpool 星／主役にする Ryan have ぱらぱら雨d stardust on the team - with 文書の series Welcome to Wrexham giving the team a 全世界の audience (pictured: the pair discussing the series with Jimmy Kimmel in LA a year ago)

Former NFL 星／主役にする Tom Brady (in sunglasses) bought a 少数，小数派 火刑／賭ける in Birmingham City football club last year

Brady, a former quarterback for the New England 愛国者s (pictured here in 2020), 長，率いるs up a new （a）忠告の／（n）警報 board guiding player fitness and wellbeing

Seven-time 最高の Bowl 支持する／優勝者 Tom 議長，司会を務めるs a new （a）忠告の／（n）警報 board for the team, and 適用するs his '広範囲にわたる leadership experience and 専門的知識' across health, 栄養 and wellness for the EFL 選手権 味方する.

The quarterback said of the move into 'サッカー': 'Birmingham is an iconic club with so much history and passion and to be part of the Blues is a real honour for me.'

However, things have not gone やめる so 井戸／弁護士席 for him after Birmingham were relegated to League One after an atrocious 中央の-season 低迷 に引き続いて the 解雇（する）ing of 経営者／支配人 John Eustace who was 取って代わるd by former England striker Wayne Rooney.

黒人／ボイコット Panther actor Michael B Jordan was 発表するd as a part-owner of 首相 League Bournemouth in 2022 - and earlier this year, it was 報告（する）／憶測d that he was creating a 道具?for Cherries to wear.

In March it was 明らかにする／漏らすd that Boyzone 星／主役にするs Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy, and Brian McFadden of Westlife, had joined 軍隊s to buy 非，不，無-league outfit Chorley FC in Lancashire.

Appearing on?Good Morning Britain?to discuss their 計画（する）s, Brian said he and Keith were brought on board at Shane's suggestion after his 業績／成果 car 商売／仕事, Assetti 業績／成果, bought a 火刑／賭ける in the club earlier this year.

He told Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley: 'It was definitely our dream as kids but I don't think we ever thought it was going to happen.

'It all happened with Shane Lynch - his motorsport company are the guys who bought Chorley FC and they （機の）カム to Shane and asked if he would be 利益／興味d in 存在 伴う／関わるd in the club.

'He said 'I don't really know much about football but I know two lads that do,' so he called us and here we are, we're now part of Chorley Football Club.'

Brian (left) and Keith (権利) have joined ex-Boyzone teen dream Shane Lynch (centre) in taking a 火刑／賭ける in the club

Keith Duffy and Brian McFadden - the ex-Boyzone and Westlife 星／主役にするs now perfor ming as Boyzlife - are the 最新の celebrities to pool their pocket money into a football club

But they are far from the first big 指名するs to get 伴う／関わるd in owning club 味方するs: Sir Elton John acquired boyhood team Watford in 1976 and oversaw a period of 抱擁する success (Sir Elton pictured here at the ground in 2014)

Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn Jones (権利) have owned Norwich City FC since 1996 (pictured here last week with player Kenny McLean)

Smith is still remembered for her 2005 決起大会／結集させるing cry of 'Let's be 'avin you!' to fans as the club 戦う／戦いd to 避ける relegation

Michael B Jordan is in the 過程 of designing a 道具 for 首相 League team Bournemouth

Grime 星／主役にする Stormzy - 十分な 指名する Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr - formed part of a 複合的な／複合企業体 that 購入（する）d AFC Cr oydon 運動競技の last year

関与 in the English leagues by British celebrities has been a bit more ありふれた, with perhaps the most famous example 存在 acclaimed TV chef Delia Smith's continued 所有権 of Norwich City FC.

Delia joined the board of the club in 1996 と一緒に her husband Michael Wynn Jones in 1996 at a time of serious 財政上の problems for the 味方する, which had also 苦しむd relegation to the then-First 分割.

And her 任期 has been 示すd with memorable moments - not least her rousing 決起大会／結集させるing cry to fans in February 2005 during a relegation 戦う／戦い with Manchester City in which she bellowed: 'Who are you? Let's be 'avin you! Come on!'

Singer Elton John was の中で the earliest adopters of famaous 直面するs 注入するing money into their 地元の team,?joining the board in 1974 and becoming 議長，司会を務める of the club in 1976.

Rocketman Elton propelled the club to its first ever 最高の，を越す-tier 競争の激しい season in 1982 with Graham Taylor as 経営者／支配人 after climbing from the lowest rung on the ladder in just seven years.?

The singer's 利益／興味 病弱なd and he sold the club in 1990 to 実業家 Jack Petchey. But Elton then bought the club 支援する in 1996 に引き続いて years of struggle, reappointing Taylor as 経営者／支配人.

He then remained 議長，司会を務める of the club until 2002, but is now 名誉として与えられる life 大統領，／社長. The east stand was recently 改名するd the Sir Elton John stand in his honour while a nearby street was 改名するd Yellow Brick Road after his seminal 1973 album.

In 2023, rapper Stormzy joined a 国際借款団／連合 含むing Wilfried Zaha to buy 連合させるd 郡s League 首相 分割 South club Croydon 運動競技の.

It was a poignant 購入（する） for the rapper - real 指名する Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr - who was born in Croydon and grew up in nearby Norbury; Zaha also grew up in Croydon after moving there from Cote D'Ivoire at the age of four.

'The 国際借款団／連合 (referring to Stormzy, Zaha and Young) will own, operate and develop their childhood hometown football club,' a 声明 問題／発行するd last June 発表するing the 取得／買収 read.

'The three 国際借款団／連合 members are excited about developing a community 資産 in the borough that gave them their own 適切な時期s. They hope to take the entire community on this exciting 旅行 with them.'

Ex-Little Mix 星／主役にする Jade Thirwall was one of the fans who helped to 投資する nearly £300,000 in South 保護物，者s FC 支援する in 2020.