'Welcome to Wrexham' spin-off confirmed: New docuseries to follow Ryan Reynolds & Rob McElhenney-owned Liga MX side Necaxa

Wrexham's co-owners will be part of a new series following Liga MX side Necaxa, which has a number of high-profile investors.

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• New docuseries will follow Mexican side
• Mesut Ozil among investors
• Necaxa aiming to return to 90s heyday

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Those who have enjoyed watching Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds attempt to take Wrexham up the English football pyramid in their Emmy-winning hit 'Welcome to Wrexham' are in luck. A new docuseries will follow Liga MX side Necaxa after Wrexham's co-owners purchased a significant stake in the club in April.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  McElhenney and Reynolds aren't alone in their new Mexican venture. Necaxa can also count Mesut Ozil, Eva Longoria, Justin Verlander, Odell Beckham Jr. and Shawn Marion as investors, with the new series produced by Longoria's Hyphenate Media Group. The actress will executive produce the show alongside McElhenney and Reynolds.

• WHAT FX SAID

  FX said the show will follow Necaxa "as they strive to reclaim their place as one of Mexico's top teams, while their Mexican-American owner Eva Longoria tries to breathe new life into the team by enlisting the help of her high-profile friends including new co-owners Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds," per.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  The investors will hope to return Necaxa to the highs they reached in the 1990s, when they won three domestic titles.