Wrexham players set for HUGE cash bonus from millionaire Hollywood owners if they secure Football League promotion
WREXHAM players will receive a share of £200,000 if they secure promotion from the National League, it’s claimed.
The Welsh side will be promoted as champions to League Two should they beat Boreham Wood on Saturday.
The players were so confident that they would win promotion that they agreed on a deal with their Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, according to the Daily Mail.
The deal meant that they would only get a bonus if they managed to get out of the fifth tier of English football.
And as a sweetener, if they did the bonus rewarded to the players would be bigger, with captain Ben Tozer said to have led the negotiations.
To seal their place back in the football league, Wrexham only need three more points from their remaining two games.
That is if second-placed Notts County win all of their remaining games.
The two teams have battled for the entire season for the one automatic promotion spot in arguably the most thrilling, high-profile National League title race EVER.
It would be their first time back at the level since the club was relegated 2008.
The report suggests that the average wage at the club is about £1,000 per week and therefore would welcome the potential bonus of £20,000 per man.
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While the club itself will also be rewarded for the achievement and rake in a windfall payment of about £1million.
It has been a remarkable turnaround at the club since the arrival of the Hollywood duo years ago.
The pair have revitalised Wrexham and the surrounding area as well as producing a documentary on Disney+ showcasing their work at the club.
Recently co-owner and Deadpool star Reynolds promised Jay Fear, 45, who was diagnosed with terminal appendix cancer in January, that he would meet with him after the fan mentioned he would love to spend a moment with him.