Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney made several key promises when they took over the club in February 2021.

Their pledges included exploring the renovation of the Racecourse Ground and investing in a permanent training facility.

Work to build a new stand at the Kop end of the stadium was due to start last summer after Wrexham Council reallocated part of a £25m Welsh Government grant to the plan.

However, the development has been hit by a few delays, with conditions requiring the diversion of a sewer and removal of a power cable running across the site.

Wrexham director Ker has now provided an update on when construction of the new Kop is expected to begin.

Speaking to the Fearless in Devotion podcast, he said: “We’ve ticked off a lot of the things that we need to do. Part of it is gearing up to find outside financing because the council is paying for a big chunk of it, and we need to find another big chunk of it.

“That was something that couldn’t start in earnest until various hoops had been jumped through.

“Our objective is still to get started at the end of the season. We haven’t quite crossed all the t’s and dotted all the i’s, but that remains the objective.”

With the plans for a permanent stand on hold, back in December Wrexham announced proposals for a temporary structure to be built in the meantime with a capacity of 2,289.

Work to install the stand was completed in a matter of weeks, opening in time for Wrexham’s clash with Newport County just before Christmas.

Ker previously revealed the temporary stand was being run at a loss, with the Hollywood owners set to lose “a tonne of money”.

However, he told The Athletic they were happy to foot the bill to help meet the strong demand for tickets for the club’s home games.

Ker has now said the financial position has improved after it was announced last week that the temporary stand was being sponsored by McElhenney’s Four Walls Whiskey brand.

He said: “The longer it’s up for, the more it pays for itself. You will have seen it’s now being sponsored, so that’s another thing that has added to that.

“Without the sponsorship, you’ve got operating costs, we have to staff it, and it had a base level of cost at the start.

“The Four Walls sponsorship is a chunk of money that has tipped it over into profitability at this point.

“We don’t want it open next season as we want to be getting on with building, but if, god forbid, it is open next season, then we’ll be making money there.”