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Originally Posted by henry8
Just wondered. When is the takeover? Do you think it will improve things?
It is said that £2m is being injected into the club, but if you have to pay off Keates and his staff and then bring in a new management team+ new players will that just eat the £2m with no guarantee it will work?
You could end up in a worse position than now but with someone else owning you
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I'm not sure you see how transformative being owned by Reynolds and McElhenney would be to this club in terms of stature. Just from the confirmation they were looking to buy us we were overnight news around the world, if this deal is formalised then Wrexham becomes one of the better known teams in America and we'll be the fashionable choice among younger people due to our owners and our underdog status.
What does that mean? Well, shirts will sell at a rate this club has never seen before. Our merchandise revenue could very well be more than the rest of the National League put together by itself through sheer media exposure the world over and, on top of that, the advertising space on the front of the shirt, and around our ground, will be hotly contested. Why? Because Ryan Reynolds would be photographed wearing it and appearing in our stadium at some point.
The £2m is an initial investment but their names attached to this club will create far more than that investment and this isn't even talking about the potential income of a documentary. I'll also add that I don't foresee either of them wanting to take money out of the club either - it's pennies compared to their income - and leaving a club like ourselves worse off would affect their image. They can't afford that in their line of work.