Ryan Reynolds was in attendance at the World Cup on Friday night as Wrexham's ambitious recruitment plans for the summer transfer window came into sharper focus.
The Hollywood star and Wrexham co-owner was spotted at Toronto Stadium as Canada kicked off their home World Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
While Reynolds was there supporting his home nation, the visit came just days after Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson revealed the club are actively monitoring players involved in the tournament as they prepare for another push towards the Premier League.
Having secured three successive promotions before narrowly missing out on the Championship play-offs this season, Wrexham are now looking to strengthen a squad capable of challenging for a place in the top flight.
Parkinson has admitted the World Cup could provide the club with transfer opportunities.
"We've got a few players on our radar who are in the World Cup," the Wrexham boss said earlier this week. "It is a case of monitoring them while they are over there in the United States."
Wrexham have increasingly broadened their recruitment strategy since returning to the Championship, moving beyond the domestic market in search of players capable of improving the squad.
Parkinson pointed to last summer's signing of New Zealand international Liberato Cacace as evidence that the club are willing to look abroad for talent.
"We obviously touched into the foreign market with Libby Cacace last year and, of course, we are always looking at a player we feel can improve what we have got, whatever country they play for," he said.
"But it is always making sure we are balancing the leagues that they have been playing in and the strength of that, and correlating it with the Championship. You never rule anything out."
With the World Cup expanding to 48 teams for the first time, scouts and recruitment staff across the football world are expected to be monitoring a wider range of players than ever before.
Reynolds and fellow co-owner Rob McElhenney have never hidden their long-term ambition of taking Wrexham all the way to the Premier League.
The club's remarkable rise from non-league football has already become one of the sport's most extraordinary stories, fuelled by significant investment and global exposure through the Welcome to Wrexham documentary series.
This season represented another major step forward as Wrexham finished seventh in the Championship, only missing out on the play-offs by two points on the final day.
