Two of League One's biggest spenders are gearing up to look each different arsenic Wrexham instrumentality connected Birmingham City connected Thursday evening.
The highly-anticipated clash astatine the Racecourse Ground involves 2 teams warring intimately for promotion to the Championship. Birmingham are presently apical of the array with 56 points, with Wrexham trailing by 5 points successful 3rd aft past week's disappointing decision astatine struggling Shrewsbury Town.
The fixture has been dubbed the 'Hollywood derby' owed to the Red Dragons being owned by actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, portion NFL fable Tom Brady has a number involvement successful the Blues.
The lucifer is expected to beryllium a star-studded matter aft the likes of David Beckham and Gary Neville were successful attendance astatine St Andrew's for the reverse necktie successful September, on with McElhenney and Brady. Birmingham emerged arsenic comfy 3-1 winners connected that juncture aft Wrexham initially took the lead.
However, portion Brady's Blues are presently up successful the rubric race, it's Red Dragons co-chairman Reynolds who leads the mode successful presumption of his earnings. That's contempt the New England Patriots icon penning a ten-year broadcasting woody with FOX, which is worthy an estimated £304million ($375m), successful May 2022.
Reynolds has a reported wealthiness of £284m ($350m), according to CelebrityNetWorth.com, aft archetypal appearing connected the Hollywood country successful the 1990s. The Canadian is champion known for his relation arsenic the pb quality successful the Deadpool bid of movies and makes conscionable nether £16.2m ($20m) per film.
Those whopping fees are topped up by his concern interests which saw him get a involvement successful Portland-based marque Aviation Gin successful 2018. The institution was sold to alcoholic beverage shaper Diageo successful 2020 for up to £495m ($610m), netting him astir 20 per cent of the deal.
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Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)Reynolds antecedently owned a 25 per cent involvement successful Mint Mobile, which was sold to T-Mobile successful 2023 for much than £1.1bn ($1.35bn). His stock of the statement was said by the Wall Street Journal to beryllium astir £250m ($300m) successful currency and stock.
He besides has stakes successful password absorption institution 1Password, fiscal absorption steadfast WealthSimple, and Canadian fintech outfit Nuvei Corporation. Reynolds, unneurotic with his woman Blake Lively, owns respective properties, including a £4.6m ($5.7m) household location successful the Pound Ridge country of New York and a luxury flat successful Tribeca.
Meanwhile, seven-time Super Bowl victor Brady is said to beryllium valued astatine £243m ($300m), arsenic per Celebrity Net Worth. During his 23 seasons successful the NFL, helium reportedly earned an unthinkable £270m ($333m) from his players' salaries. In presumption of sponsorships, helium made £25m ($31m) successful endorsements successful 2022 alone, according to Forbes.
In the concern world, Brady has founded TB12, a sports nutrition marque and supplements line, a sportswear line, and 2 accumulation companies—Religion of Sports and 199 Productions, with Michael Strahan, a erstwhile shot player. His nett worthy is topped up by the woody helium signed with FOX to go their pb NFL analyst.
Brady besides has an awesome spot portfolio, including a two-acre property worthy £13.8m ($17m) connected Miami's Indian Creek island, commonly known arsenic Billionaire Bunker.
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