Liverpool ‘turned down’ by billionaire investors for Ryan Reynolds and Wrexham

The Allyn family were announced as Wrexham’s new minority investors last year, and have now lifted the lid on why they chose the Red Dragons over Premier League giants Liverpool

An American family who sold their business for £1.5billion ($2bn) have revealed why they chose to invest in Wrexham over Premier League giants Liverpool. The Allyn family from Skaneateles in upstate New York owned the medical device company, Welch Allyn, for more than a century before selling it in 2015.

In October, it was confirmed that the family had acquired a minority stake in Wrexham, co-owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Kaleen Allyn, who oversees the family’s private investment portfolio, became an executive director at the club in January, having previously worked on Wall Street.