“Those Guys Were So Fast, So Quick, So Big” – Wrexham Owner Rob McElhenney Cancelled Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Pele’ Argument to Pick Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan as the Greatest Athletes in 2022

All sports fan has their views regarding their favorite athlete. The reporters often ask celebrities about their favorite athletes. Wrexham AFC owners weren’t an exception to it. Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney faced the same question last year, and the duo had different answers.

Everyone has their reasons to name an exceptional athlete. It’s not an easy choice, though, to choose one specific athlete from different sports. Reynolds and McElhenney may have agreed upon the club to own, but when it came to the outstanding athlete, they had different views.

Wrexham owners name the greatest athletes

Reynolds and McElhenney spoke to ELLE last year. They were at the show to talk about the docuseries Welcome To Wrexham. However, the Hollywood duo got an unexpected question about who the greatest athlete is. Ryan Reynolds started, “Pele is up there.” However, Reynolds hates the argument of who is best as the athletes play different sports and he feels it’s difficult to compare. 

Meanwhile, McElhenney had other views. He did name two basketball icons and elaborated on the reason behind the selection. McElhenney said, “Because if you look at like decathletes, you say, well, they can do so many things. But sometimes I think if you could plug, like, what’s the perfect athleticism and sport where you can plug into various sports?

“Because I find that any of my friends who were professional athletes, they were always good at every sport, and then they just had to pick a lane. But I feel like if you took somebody like Kobe Bryant or somebody like Michael Jordan, those guys were so fast, so quick, so big, and so athletic that they could probably do anything. So I would say it would probably be a professional basketball player.”

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Rob McElhenney explained the reason well for selecting the two basketball greats. Ryan Reynolds first named Pele, but in the end, even the Deadpool star nodded with the views of McElhenney.

What next for the Red Dragons?

Wrexham AFC has made it to League Two after 15 years. They now know the teams they will face in League Two, with Sky Bet naming them as favorites ahead of other clubs to get the promotion to League One. Ahead of the new season, Red Dragons will tour the US, where they will play against the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea.

It will be a perfect platform for the world’s third-oldest club to kick off the preparations for the new season. It will be interesting to see how the club fares in the upcoming transfer window. The summer transfer window will be a crucial opportunity for McElhenney and Reynolds to upgrade the squad.

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Overall, the club has time to prepare itself for another promotion. Will the third-oldest club make it back-to-back promotions?