Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Wrexham may soon be chasing a European dream, but that does not “sit well” with a rival League One chairman.
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Hollywood co-owners at SToK RacecourseWindow to the world has opened upMay be offered route back into Welsh CupWHAT HAPPENED?
The Red Dragons continue to see their stock soar with Hollywood co-owners at the helm, with a window to the world opened up by an award-winning documentary series. Wrexham now generate as many headlines as some Premier League clubs, leading to inevitable jealousy in some quarters.
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It has now been revealed that they could soon be offered a route back into the Welsh Cup – alongside fellow EFL outfits Cardiff, Swansea and Newport – and success in that competition would secure qualification for the Europa Conference League.
WHAT MACANTHONY SAID
Questions are being asked of how fair such a decision would be on those plying their trade in the Welsh league structure, with Peterborough chairman Darragh MacAnthony – who is now a divisional rival of Wrexham – telling his podcast: “Wow. I guess it’s a two-sided answer. One would be no, because they’re in the EFL, but two would be… if I were them, I would want to. The financial rewards are massive. When I looked at buying Irish clubs recently, one Irish club had made millions from being in Europe, from getting through and qualifying to the group stage. The prize money is colossal."
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MacAnthony added: “I can understand why they want to do it and I guess their argument would be – because we’ve done business across borders in Scotland and Wales – that, if they’re going by all the transfer rules of the transfer window with the international clearance when you have to sign a player from one of those clubs, I guess they would argue… shouldn’t they qualify for some of those competitions? The flip to that would be the people in those Welsh leagues will say ‘well we don’t have an opportunity to go into the EFL’ so it’s a bit two-sided there. It’s an interesting topic; I’m not educated enough on it to give a real slanted view on it but again, I understand why they’re doing it but I don’t agree that maybe they should be allowed to do it.
“They don’t make money as it is, those clubs; they don’t have the TV deals, they don’t have the share of income, and now all of a sudden you’re going to try and take that from them? I’m not sure that sits well with me.”