Was THIS the trip that convinced Will to buy into the beautiful game? Ferrell joked about with Wrexham players while visiting Ryan Reynolds' Welsh side - as Hollywood star 'buys large stake in Leeds United'

Buying a 'large' involvement successful Leeds United marks the adjacent section successful the Hollywood icon Will Ferrell's ever-growing emotion for football.

The Elf histrion is known to beryllium a immense instrumentality of the beauteous game, having go a co-owner of MLS broadside LAFC successful 2016 and making regular appearances astatine Soccer Aid.

However, a determination into English shot via Championship high-flyers Leeds marks a alteration successful absorption for the 56-year-old who until present has been contented to beryllium a spectator lone connected this broadside of the pond.

And it whitethorn person been travel conscionable implicit the borderline to Wrexham, alongside his A-list pals Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, that gave him the bug for ownership successful the British Isles.

The comedian was pictured alongside the brace during a sojourn to the Welsh nine past year, and made an quality successful their deed documentary 'Welcome to Wrexham'.

Ferrell was seen paying a sojourn to the team's stadium locker country wherever helium shook hands with the players and referred to them arsenic 'famous'.

As 1 subordinate was getting a limb massage, the Anchorman prima provoked laughter by saying: 'That is simply a beefy thigh there

'Is that relaxing oregon achy oregon both?' Ferrell asked aft the laughter subsided.

'Bit of both,' the subordinate responded.

Ferrell continued to fto the jokes fly, asking a unit subordinate crossed the country if helium 'needed a hitch down'.

'These are magic hands' Ferell joked.

He past jokingly asks the athletes astir nine owners McElhenney and Reynolds, asking: 'Do you guys similar Ryan and Rob oregon not really? You tin beryllium honest.'

Ferrell's question was met with laughter and nary response. The Anchorman prima gave the players a manus motion suggesting their impartial stance arsenic an answer. 'Rob is good. Ryan? Dodgy Canadian.'

Away from the crushed the histrion was seen popping into section pub The Turf, which is wherever Wrexham AFC is believed to person been initially formed 159 years ago.

Ferrell was snapped sitting astir a array with respective locals, arsenic good arsenic the proprietor Wayne Jones anterior to the match. 

He past sent a connection retired to each the club's 580,000 followers connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, aft taking power of a camera and signaling a video of himself connected the pitch.

The comic histrion teased supporters by pretending to 'fix my hair' successful beforehand of the camera for astir 20 seconds, earlier holding the lens close up adjacent to his face.

'Hi, it's Will Ferrell, and this is my archetypal clip present - wherever are we again? Wrexham!' helium joked.

'I'm conscionable truly excited to spot the match, I'll beryllium honorable with you, I'm a small nervous!' helium continued, earlier staring into the lens and walking off. 

Ferrell's narration with shot goes acold beyond his 2005 movie 'Kicking & Screaming' - helium has been seen regularly attending matches and has posed for pictures with the likes of Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Two years aft its founding successful 2014, Ferrell became a co-owner of Los Angeles FC successful MLS. LAFC won the MLS Cup successful 2022 aft beating the Philadelphia Union successful penalties.

He volition beryllium hoping for akin occurrence astatine Leeds United pursuing his determination to put successful the West Yorkshire club.

News of his determination to bargain successful was revealed connected Saturday, aft it was confirmed The Whites would person to spell done the play-offs successful their conflict for promotion to the Premier League. 

The Sun connected Sunday reported Ferrell has pumped a 'large' involvement into Leeds' American owners 49ers Enterprises.

An insider said: 'It's existent - Will Ferrell owns a stock of Leeds.

'The 49ers volition beryllium announcing his engagement successful the coming days and he's looking guardant to sprinkling a small stardust connected the club.

'He loves shot and has been peculiarly impressed by the passionateness of the English game.'

The determination is viewed arsenic 'a superior concern opportunity', with Leeds perchance conscionable 3 games from returning to the Premier League.

The club's 'massive fanbase' has besides been cited arsenic a crushed down the concern deal, with the root adding: 'He knows his shot and helium is determined to assistance bring backmost the glory days to Leeds'.

A spokesperson for Leeds said: 'We would ne'er remark connected the presumption of idiosyncratic investors.

'It would beryllium up to them to remark connected immoderate involvement they person successful the club.'

He is acold from the archetypal celebrated look to enactment their wealth into the beauteous game.

Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took implicit Wrexham successful 2020, and person overseen back-to-back promotions which mean the North Wales nine volition play League 1 shot adjacent season. 

Perhaps different taking inspiration from the brace is NFL prima Tom Brady - who retired from gridiron shot a twelvemonth agone - aft helium bought a number involvement successful Birmingham City FC past August.

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom chairs a caller advisory committee for the team, and applies his 'extensive enactment acquisition and expertise' crossed health, nutrition and wellness for the EFL Championship side.

The backmost said of the determination into 'soccer': 'Birmingham is an iconic nine with truthful overmuch past and passionateness and to beryllium portion of the Blues is simply a existent honour for me.'

However, things person not gone rather truthful good for him aft Birmingham were relegated to League One aft an atrocious mid-season slump pursuing the sacking of manager John Eustace who was replaced by erstwhile England striker Wayne Rooney.

Black Panther histrion Michael B Jordan was announced arsenic a part-owner of Premier League Bournemouth successful 2022 - and earlier this year, it was reported that helium was creating a kit for Cherries to wear.

In March it was revealed that Boyzone stars Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy, and Brian McFadden of Westlife, had joined forces to bargain non-league outfit Chorley FC successful Lancashire.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain to sermon their plans, Brian said helium and Keith were brought connected committee astatine Shane's proposition aft his show car business, Assetti Performance, bought a involvement successful the nine earlier this year.

He told Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley: 'It was decidedly our imagination arsenic kids but I don't deliberation we ever thought it was going to happen.

'It each happened with Shane Lynch - his motorsport institution are the guys who bought Chorley FC and they came to Shane and asked if helium would beryllium funny successful being progressive successful the club.

'He said 'I don't truly cognize overmuch astir shot but I cognize 2 lads that do,' truthful helium called america and present we are, we're present portion of Chorley Football Club.'

Involvement successful the English leagues by British celebrities has been a spot much common, with possibly the astir celebrated illustration being acclaimed TV cook Delia Smith's continued ownership of Norwich City FC.

Delia joined the committee of the nine successful 1996 alongside her hubby Michael Wynn Jones successful 1996 astatine a clip of superior fiscal problems for the side, which had besides suffered relegation to the then-First Division.

And her tenure has been marked with memorable moments - not slightest her rousing rallying outcry to fans successful February 2005 during a relegation conflict with Manchester City successful which she bellowed: 'Who are you? Let's beryllium 'avin you! Come on!'

Singer Elton John was among the earliest adopters of famaous faces injecting wealth into their section team, joining the committee successful 1974 and becoming seat of the nine successful 1976.

Rocketman Elton propelled the nine to its archetypal ever top-tier competitory play successful 1982 with Graham Taylor arsenic manager aft climbing from the lowest rung connected the ladder successful conscionable 7 years. 

The singer's involvement waned and helium sold the nine successful 1990 to businessman Jack Petchey. But Elton past bought the nine backmost successful 1996 pursuing years of struggle, reappointing Taylor arsenic manager.

He past remained seat of the nine until 2002, but is present honorary beingness president. The eastbound basal was precocious renamed the Sir Elton John basal successful his honour portion a adjacent thoroughfare was renamed Yellow Brick Road aft his seminal 1973 album.

In 2023, rapper Stormzy joined a consortium including Wilfried Zaha to bargain Combined Counties League Premier Division South nine Croydon Athletic.

It was a poignant acquisition for the rapper - existent sanction Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr - who was calved successful Croydon and grew up successful adjacent Norbury; Zaha besides grew up successful Croydon aft moving determination from Cote D'Ivoire astatine the property of four.

'The consortium (referring to Stormzy, Zaha and Young) volition own, run and make their puerility hometown shot club,' a connection issued past June announcing the acquisition read.

'The 3 consortium members are excited astir processing a assemblage plus successful the borough that gave them their ain opportunities. They anticipation to instrumentality the full assemblage connected this breathtaking travel with them.'

Ex-Little Mix prima Jade Thirwall was 1 of the fans who helped to put astir £300,000 successful South Shields FC backmost successful 2020.