Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney and Eva Longoria are among the many traders in an American group that has acquired Colombian high division aspect La Equidad.
The group is led by actual property investor Al Tylis, who’s co-chairman of Mexican Club Necaxa, and Sam Porter, an govt of each Necaxa and MLS franchise D.C. United.
Reynolds and McElhenney additionally bought a minority stake in Necaxa in April 2024, with the Mexican group’s possession group shopping for a stake in Wrexham in return.
The funding group buying La Equidad additionally consists of American baseball star Justin Verlander and former NBA participant Shawn Marion. The membership confirmed in an announcement that the takeover has been accepted by Colombia’s league, Dimayor.
“We welcome Al Tylis and Sam Porter, who arrive with a transparent, long-term imaginative and prescient to proceed strengthening our membership,” La Equidad posted on X. “This is step one in the direction of a future filled with alternatives.”
A membership assertion added: “Al Tylis and Sam Porter not solely have in depth expertise within the sports activities world however in addition they have the assist of recognised figures similar to Eva Longoria, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds, Justin Verlander, Kate Upton, Shawn Marion and Scott Galloway.”
Based in Colombia’s capital Bogota, La Equidad was based in 1982 and completed thirteenth within the 20-team league final season. Their Estadio Metropolitano has a capability of 10,000.
Reynolds and McElhenney made a splash in English soccer after they acquired Wrexham in 2021.
Since the star duo’s arrival, Wrexham have been promoted twice and are within the operating to take action once more as they sit third in League One, behind Tom Brady’s Birmingham City and Wycombe Wanderers
