Eric Perez, a Canadian investor and former Toronto Wolfpack rugby league founder, has purchased Truro City FC with the ambition of replicating the success of Wrexham AFC, which was promoted to the English Football League under the ownership of Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Perez acknowledges the challenges but believes Truro City's strong performance in National League South and their dedicated fan base provide a solid foundation for achieving his goal.
"We're both good Canadian kids, and we do kind of look similar," jokes Eric Perez when asked about the last Canadian owner of a National League side to win promotion.hopes to emulate Wrexham owner and Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds and take the Cornish side into the English Football League.
"He's already a global superstar, so they're doing it their way and we're going to do it the Cornish way, which is hard work, a little finesse, flair and I think knowing that Cornish is better," Perez tells BBC Sport. "That's why you play the game and that's what's so brilliant about football - it can turn around and bite you in the neck when you think it's coming in for a kiss."Perez's compatriot - Hollywood superstar Ryan Reynolds - has helped fund Wrexham's promotion from the National League under his part-ownershipbeing kicked out of the National League
"We've gone from averaging 70-odd fans a game, playing at first an hour-and-a-half away and then almost four hours away at Gloucester and being in the relegation zone to top of the table; 1,800 average fans a game in our own ground at home - what else could you ask for?" Perez says."I knew that it would eventually get to where it is now, but so quickly has been just an absolute blessing.
"Then obviously the football's been amazing, we've got the two best strikers in the league, we're top of the table, we've got a rock hard defence.
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