Inside the glitziest game in football as millionaire Hollywood owners face off in Wrexham vs Birmingham

ROLL up for Hollywood vs the Wall Street-backed American sports GOAT: The Sequel.

Wrexham and Birmingham look disconnected contiguous astatine the Racecourse Ground, and it’s not conscionable a top-of-the-table League One crippled — but 2 glitzy worlds colliding.

Or, arsenic Rotherham manager Steve Evans called their archetypal clash, the Real Madrid of League One against the Harlem Globetrotters.

Hollywood A-listers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s third-placed Wrexham big Tom Brady and Tom Wagner’s Wall Street-financed leaders Birmingham successful the highest-profile fixture our 3rd tier has ever known.

And if Thursday night’s crippled is thing similar the first instalment, we are successful for a cracker.

When the 2 teams met astatine St Andrew’s successful September, the Blues came from down to triumph 3-1 with 2 goals from £15million summertime signing Jay Stansfield and Tomoki Iwata.

But, successful truth, the scoreline flattered Wrexham who were overpowered by a squad that spent much wealth successful the summertime transportation model than immoderate nine extracurricular the Premier League.

Even Wrexham brag Phil Parkinson quipped: “Birmingham bought each subordinate we wanted to sign!”

Not lone was Birmingham’s celebrated aged ground packed to the rafters with much than 30,000 fans but the crippled attracted a planetary assemblage of FOUR MILLION - the biggest viewing fig ever for a third-tier crippled successful immoderate country, fto unsocial England.

Birmingham co-owner and NFL fable Brady was astatine that crippled on with the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville.

And the ambiance was truthful electrical wrong the stadium that adjacent Beckham was blown distant by it, saying that helium had not experienced specified excitement successful a stadium for galore years.

Both clubs are surviving the American Dream.

Reynolds and McElhenney rescued Wrexham 5 years agone erstwhile they were rotting distant successful the little reaches of the National League.

Now they are connected the brink of taking the squad into the 2nd tier for the archetypal clip successful 43 years.

Such has been their success, they person inspired immoderate of their Hollywood chums to put successful English football.

Their pal, funnyman Will Ferrell has bought a involvement successful Leeds, Creed movie bid prima Michael B Jordan was portion of a radical that bought a involvement successful Bournemouth portion Avengers manager Joe Russo has bought into Sheffield United.

But Reynolds and McElhenney are acold much hands-on and person generated important funds chiefly done their Disney+ bid Welcome To Wrexham, which has been a immense success.

They person opened doors that adjacent immoderate Premier League clubs would beryllium jealous of.

The past 2 summers, they person embarked connected coast-to-coast North America pre-season tours taking connected the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Bournemouth wherever they were treated by the hosts similar Prem stars.

Ahead of this crippled Reynolds, McElhenney and Brady person joined forces to assistance rise wealth for the Los Angeles Fire Department aft their incredibly heroic conflict against the wildfires that threatened to engulf the Californian city.

The crippled is being screened astatine the Cosm Los Angeles Stadium wherever organisers are hoping for a large turnout.

And portion Reynolds and McElhenney person attracted planetary attraction for Wrexham, they person endeared themselves to the locals with their generous foundation enactment connected these shores.

The brace generously donated with Sands UK 3 years agone erstwhile then-Wrexham subordinate Jordan Davies and his spouse Kelsey’s lad Arthur was stillborn 3 years ago.

And Reynolds auctioned Deadpool-themed gym instrumentality to rise funds for Your Space - a section organisation that helps children with autism.

They person besides supported the Institute of Cancer Research.

And, touchingly, they donated £10,000 towards a £40,000 crowdfunder to accommodate the location of a four-year-old Wrexham fan called Louis, who was calved with a uncommon familial information which causes him to person achy limb spasms, constricted mobility, epilepsy and cerebral palsy.

They are inactive readying to renovate the Racecourse Ground — which includes the gathering of a caller basal astatine the Kop end.

At Birmingham, the American owners are spending a twelvemonth righting the incorrect of their disastrous archetypal play wherever they someway conspired to get Birmingham RELEGATED.

Sacking John Eustace portion they were successful the promotion play-off spots and replacing him with Wayne Rooney proved to beryllium an utter disaster.

But they person thrown immense amounts of wealth astatine the occupation and truthful acold it is moving with the squad apical of the array and 5 points wide of 3rd with 2 games successful hand.

There is simply a existent feel-good origin astir the bluish noses… and careless of tonight’s result, Birmingham are surely going to beryllium backmost successful the Championship adjacent play with a wide ambition to get into the Premier League.

But how bash the owners’ huffy worlds compare? SunSport compares the millionaire owners…

ASTONISHING WEALTH

In presumption of nett worth, it's Reynolds who is the daddy of them all.

The Hollywood movie star's luck has risen successful the past fewer years acknowledgment to the blockbuster Deadpool films, If and Bullet Train.

It's not conscionable successful amusement wherever Reynolds is thriving. A keen oculus for business, helium made a reported nett of £96m from the merchantability of Aviation Gin and besides sold a 25 per cent involvement successful Mint Mobile past year.

All of that means Reynolds is believed to beryllium worthy astir £300m.

His rival Brady is said to beryllium worthy £228m.

Most of the seven-time Super Bowl winner’s wealthiness was accumulated by his NFL playing vocation arsenic a backmost for the New England Patriots and aboriginal the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

And that’s been boosted by a ten-year declaration with Fox to commentate connected NFL, worthy a chill £285m.

Although McElhenney hasn't rather got the aforesaid wealthiness arsenic those two, the It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia creator has astir £50m successful the bank.

Last year, helium and Reynolds besides invested a 24 per cent equity involvement successful F1 squad Alpine Racing.

FAMOUS WIVES

Reynolds is 1 fractional of a Hollywood super-couple.

He married Gossip Girl histrion Blake Lively successful a small, concealed ceremonial successful 2012.

The Canadian was antecedently joined to different beauty, Scarlett Johansson.

McElhenney met aboriginal woman Kaitlin Olson connected the acceptable of It's Always Sunny successful 2005, and began dating a twelvemonth later.

Brady was joined to the most celebrated supermodel successful the world, Gisele Bundchen until their daze divided successful 2022.

He soon started dating different model, Irina Shayk, who famously had romances with Cristiano Ronaldo and Bradley Cooper - but helium is present believed to beryllium single.

AMAZING MANSIONS

Reynolds and Lively walk astir of their clip connected the East Coast of the USA, portion Brady and McElhenney are based connected the West Coast.

Ryan and Blake’s New York spot boasts 11.65 acres, has an outdoor barn, with the main Colonial-style location measuring astir 8,892 quadrate feet.

It features 7 bedrooms and six bathrooms, and reportedly outgo astir £4.4m.

It is believed Brady has moved into a mega mansion successful Los Angeles aft it was renovated successful the summer.

Spanning 14,000 feet, helium purchased the land for a sum believed to beryllium astir £12m and past erected a home.

His erstwhile Miami location went up for merchantability for implicit £12m aft his divorcement from Gisele.

EPIC CAR COLLECTIONS

Reynolds and Brady are 2 petrolheads who emotion their motors.

The erstwhile sports prima has an insane car postulation worthy a whopping £3.5m.

In his garage, you'll find a Rolls Royce Ghost, 2 Aston Martins - a DB11 and a Vanquish Volante - a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport and a Ferrari M458-T.

On apical of that, Brady has besides been seen down the instrumentality of an Audi R8, a Range Rover Sport and a Lexus.

Reynolds boasts a speedy Lamborghini Aventador successful his collection that reaches a apical velocity of much than 217mph.

To get astir successful luxury with his family, the Van Wilder histrion besides has a immense Cadillac Escalade.

Always with an oculus for the classics, Reynolds besides added a ace Mercedes-Benz 190 SL W121 to his collection.

It acceptable him backmost a chill £121,000 and was produced betwixt 1955 to 1963.

Lavish lifestyle, speech though, who has the amended team? We'll soon find out.