Rihanna's boyfriend A$AP Rocky wants to buy EFL club for £15m after Wrexham success

The occurrence of Wrexham and their Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is drafting much American celebrities to put successful EFL teams, with A$AP Rocky the latest to equine a takeover bid

Superstar vocalist Rihanna's fellow A$AP Rocky is keen to bargain League Two broadside Tranmere Rovers arsenic helium looks to emulate the occurrence of Wrexham.

The Dragons were bought by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney successful February 2021. The duo person since bankrolled their emergence from the National League to League One, arsenic good arsenic producing a palmy documentary astir the club.

That occurrence has led to respective different American celebrities go progressively funny successful English football. Former NFL prima Tom Brady has invested successful League One broadside Birmingham City.

Now A$AP Rocky is looking to articulation them with Merseyside nine Tranmere the squad helium has his eyes on. Rovers are presently 16th successful the 4th tier and person ne'er won a large honour oregon played successful the top-flight.

But according to The Sun, A$AP Rocky is portion of an concern radical who are acceptable to bargain them. Celebrity lawyer Joe Tacopina is fronting the takeover bid, which is looking to get an 80 percent involvement successful the nine for £15million.

Rovers are presently owned by erstwhile FA main enforcement Mark Palios, who took a controlling involvement successful 2014. It is besides claimed that a documentary astir Tranmere could besides beryllium commissioned if the takeover goes through.

The rapper is said to beryllium 'committed' to the bid for Rovers and has plans to question to Prenton Park to ticker a game. It is said helium could adjacent beryllium joined by superstar woman Rihanna.

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Tranmere are actively looking for outer concern arsenic they question to physique a caller stadium. Speaking successful January, Palios insisted further funds would beryllium request for the nine to perpetrate to their plans.

“The main purpose of the directors remains to guarantee that the nine is financially aforesaid sustainable and capable to execute connected tract occurrence without being reliant connected yearly outer investment,” helium said.

“The resilience of the nine is strong, arsenic tin beryllium seen by the fiscal results achieved, contempt the headwinds of the inflationary situation successful which we are presently forced to operate. We are broadly astatine a constituent wherever the nine tin interruption adjacent portion maintaining a competitory playing budget.

“However, to beryllium competitory successful higher leagues we consciousness determination is inactive much enactment to beryllium done and to that extremity the nine has been progressing cardinal infrastructure projects. These projects see the enlargement of the campus, and the imaginable for a caller stadium arsenic an integral portion of the regeneration of the Wirral.

“The nine does not person the superior to implicit these projects without outer concern and, to that end, the directors are presently seeking investors who person the means and the appetite to instrumentality immoderate oregon each of these projects forward.”

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