Ottawa Senators legend Daniel Alfredsson has described actor Ryan Reynolds’s potential purchase of the team as “fabulous.”
“It’s fabulous,” Alfredsson said Friday. “I happened to be at my brother’s place for his daughter’s birthday a week ago and he told me about the Wrexham soccer team and the TV show.”
“Really cool – and not just buying the (soccer) team,” Alfredsson continued. “They seem really interested and genuine in trying to do it the right way.
“If (Reynolds) was part of a group that ended up buying (the Senators), it would be great for everybody involved.”
Reynolds confirmed the rumours about his interest the team – recently valued at US$655 million by sports business website Sportico.com – on the Tonight Show earlier this week.
“Yes, that is true,” said Reynolds, who owns Wrexham with fellow actor Rob McElhenney. “I am trying to do that. It’s very expensive.”
Added Reynolds with a laugh: “I need a partner with really deep pockets.”
Senators owner Eugene Melnyk died of an undisclosed illness in March, leaving the team to his two adult daughters, Olivia and Anna.
