{"id":278308,"date":"2026-09-03T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278308\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:42:13","slug":"hugh-jackman-very-interested-in-investing-in-norwich-city-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278308\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Jackman \u2018very interested\u2019 in investing in Norwich City football club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The actor, 57, a Canaries fan as his mother is from Norwich, Norfolk, was asked whether he had any desire to get involved in English football.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with TalkSPORT, he said: \u201cI\u2019m very interested \u2013 and talking about it right now.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally snagged an invite. Thanks Wrex. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VancityReynolds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@VancityReynolds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMcElhenney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@RMcElhenney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Wrexham_AFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Wrexham_AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WrexhamFX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@WrexhamFX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XkVsch6Guk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/XkVsch6Guk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealHughJackman\/status\/1687835846265692161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jackman also poked fun at his Deadpool co-star Ryan Reynolds, who co-owns Wrexham AFC with fellow actor Rob McElhenney, joking that they could\u00a0soon be rivals in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>He quipped: \u201cGood on Ryan, you do your thing. I\u2019m all about the Canaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s an exciting team, and it\u2019s going to be exciting year,\u201d Jackman added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Carrow Road a couple of times, and I love the Canaries, and this is the year we\u2019re going to get promoted. That\u2019s my prediction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy prediction is Norwich and Wrexham are getting promoted this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.76819643.jpg\" alt=\"Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman \" data-title=\"Deadpool and Wolverine UK sneak peek\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Archive\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Archive\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Ian West\" data-usage-terms=\"\"  \/>Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>Jackman had previously said he was offered the chance to invest in Norwich in 2010, but turned down the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>American billionaire Mark Attanasio is the majority shareholder in the club, having bought into the club in 2022 and gradually built up his stake.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2024 Attanasio, who is also the owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, took majority control from Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The move would make Jackman the latest star to wade in to the world of football, joining the likes of US football player Tom Brady, who has a stake in Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>US cook book author Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg are minority co-owners of Swansea City AFC, and Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan has a stake in AFC Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities who have invested in football include US actor and comedian Will Ferrell, who has shares in Leeds United, and chart-topping singer Ed Sheeran is a minority owner of his home club Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The actor, 57, a Canaries fan as his mother is from Norwich, Norfolk, was asked whether he had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-278308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}