10 celebrities who invested in a sports club before Ryan Reynolds

Deadpool actor is one in a long line of stars to get involved in the world of sport

Ryan Reynolds has bought non-league Wrexham football club. AP Photo

Jay Z was a part owner of NBA basketball team the Brooklyn Nets for 10 years betweem 2003 and 2013. Getty Images

TV cooking star Delia Smith is a mjority shareholder of Premier League team Norwich. Getty Images

Will Smith and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have a minority stake in basketball team the Philadelphia 76ers, Will's hometown team. Getty Images

Ghostbusters star Bill Murray is part owner of minor league baseball team St. Paul Saints. A huge baseball fan, he has part-owned other minor league teams including the Charleston RiverDogs, the Hudson Valley Renegades, and the Brockton Rox. Getty Images

Shah Rukh Khan is the owner of IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders. Getty Images

Comedy star Will Ferrell actor is a part owner of MLS football team Los Angeles FC. He's also known to be an avid follower of Chelsea in the Premier League. Getty Images

Sir Elton John has owned football team Watford on two separate occasions, and is now an honorary life president of the club. Getty Images

Gladiator star Russell Crowe has been part owner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL team since 2006. Getty Images

Uri Geller became co-chairman of Exeter City in 2002, where he infamously brought Hollywood friends Michael Jackson and David Blaine to watch a match. Getty Images

Pop superstar Justin Timberlake is a minority owner of NBA basketball team the Memphis Grizzlies. Getty Images

The news of Planet Hollywood's collision with a non-league football club in Wales was greeted with a mixture of bafflement, delight and mirth.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are by no means the first megastars to take a stake in a sports club, however.

The gallery above reveals 10 other luminaries who have branched out from their day jobs to dabble in the sporting arena.

None, it would be fair to say, announced the news with the elan of the Hollywood actors.

Nor has praise ever been lavished on a trailer maker in the course of one of  these announcements.

Whether the pair's good humour will last during the up and downs attendant on a typical non-league football season remains to be seen.

If they do visit Wrexham to see 'The Robins' play (Covid permitting), one thing is absolutely certain: Rob McElhenney will discover that it isn't always sunny in North Wales.