27 October 2023 , 13:04
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The owners of EFL League Two club Notts County have moved to deny speculation that pop sensation Taylor Swift is considering buying the club in a humorous rebuttal.
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's fairytale takeover at Wrexham showed that world-famous superstars buying a lower league club is not beyond the realms of the imagination. However, it would appear that a similar situation will not be unfolding at rivals Notts County any time soon.
A report linking the 'Anti-Hero' songstress Swift with an unlikely bid to buy the world's oldest football club had emerged on the front page of the Weekend Sport. The wild rumour had been stoked after the headline 'Star wants world’s oldest footy club – Taylor Swift to buy Notts County!' teased the singer's apparent interest.
Now, it would appear that Magpies chairmen Alex and Chris Reedtz have been able to see the funny side of the speculation linking them with a sale to the 'Cruel Summer' hitmaker. In a statement released on their social media pages, their tongue-in-cheek response even contained veiled references to the chart-topper's back catalogue.
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Their statement read: "As sorry as we are to disappoint the Swifties in our fanbase, were going to have to shake this story off. there's certainly no bad blood between ourselves and Taylor [Swift].
"But, at such an exciting time for us and the club, she surely couldn't have believed in her wildest dreams that we would relinquish our control. We'll leave a blank space in tomorrow's pre-match playlist for a track from her newly re-released 1989 album as a gesture of gratitude for her interest."
Despite the rejection of any notion that that the fourth tier outfit could be sold to Swift, it would appear that the idea was not completely shunned by supporters. On Twitter, one commenter said: "Be fun to see. Not entirely sure she'd take a massive interest like Rob and Ryan for Wrexham... especially Rob."
(Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)Talking up her credentials, one fan also said: "[Swift] doesn't need to take a massive impact the money she would bring in would be massive, before another warned that Notts County fans had been in a similar boat before, adding: Said that about Sven [Goran Eriksson]."
As one fan alluded to, the Magpies have been subject to a high-profile takeover once before in the not-too-distant past, with the club having been purchased by consortium 'Munto Finance' in 2009. With what appeared to be lofty ambitions, they would soon appoint ex-England boss Eriksson as as director of football.
After having brought former Arsenal and England defender Sol Campbell to the club, however, the dream of climbing up the EFL pyramid soon would end in controversy. The owners would eventually sell up, leaving the club was left £7m in debt, amid claims that their takeover had been fraudulent.