Hugh Jackman offered chance to co-own soccer teams in England
Actor Hugh Jackman has revealed that several UK clubs who are rivals of Ryan Reynolds’ owned AFC Wrexham offered him a seat on the board.
In an interview with Laura Kuenssberg of the BBC, the Australian was asked if he would consider purchasing a team, citing Manchester United who are up for sale.
The 54-year-old said, “Man U? I’m not sure I have that kind of money, in fact, I know I don’t have that kind of money.”
Wrexham rivals offer Jackman co-ownership
However, Jackman admitted that after Reynolds bought AFC Wrexham, he received more than one offer from rivals for just £1 to come in as a co-owner.
The actor did mention that the offers tempted him but refused to reveal the names of the clubs that approached him.
The actor, however, explained that he had a better idea of getting one up over Reynolds to continue the long-standing feud.
Jackman said, “Michael B Jordan, I was with last night, and he’s a co-owner of Bournemouth and I was like ‘You know what? This whole thing of outsiders coming in buying football teams, it feels a little easy. So, I’ve decided to go one step further. I’m actually going to try out for the team.”
Jackman offers to play for Norwich
Jackman also said that we would like to trial for Norwich City, claiming, “I think if I really want to stick it to Ryan Reynolds, then if Wrexham get to play Norwich, because obviously there’s a different level here, I think it’d be best if I was heading in the winner.”
He also mentioned that Norwich’s nickname ‘Canaries’ isn’t intimidating, and they are everybody’s favorite second team. It would be interesting to see if Jackman decides to go ahead and become a club owner in the near future.
Several high-profile actors own stakes or are famous fans of clubs.
On Saturday legendary actor Tom Hanks who is a lifelong Aton Villa supporter was present at Villa Park as he witnessed his favorite club taking a 2-0 lead before succumbing 2-4 to league leaders Arsenal.
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