See what I mean about rumours



Until it is seen on a official site then ignore them.

There's a Rumour that 76% of Statistics are Made Up. In fairly certain 83% of people on this Forum will Agree with me oh

I'm surprise this rumour has took so long to get going. With Bradford imploding and the general comments in the press about the state of the games finances, I would have thought this rumour would have popped up on several club message boards ages ago.

Hardly.



New sponsor for next season is a club record, recruitment is looking good and the only "debt" Cas have is an interest free loan from the owner.



The only thing I can think of is the other week there were rumours of people coming in and making up a new BoD but that all went quiet.'"

Well done if correct. Which deal is this?

The situation at Salford is nowhere near as bad as Bradford. After all, come next season they will simply be playing as Sale City Reds.

IIRC it was deferred wages several years ago when we'd been in NL1. No bearing whatsoever on our current financial situation....which is not so good though.

The situation at Salford is not good at all. The club will be lucky to crawl across the line until the end of the season without hitting administration. God only knows what will happen next season. Wigan have really helped Salford by taking Matty Smith in order to clear the debt owed to Daniel Holdsworth. They gave Salford over the odds more as a favour to Salford to get them out of the you know what. Normally, Salford would have perhaps taken a couple of fringe players at Wigan in return, but they couldn’t afford to pay them. Back to Holdsworth, he really wants out for next season. He is targeting a return to Australia and has made certain people over there aware of this fact. The club is in a mess. It has been poorly managed for years as we all know, and it is catching up fast. Those running it day to day, from the top, over the last few years have to take responsibility now. Nobody wants to invest in or buy the club. It’s not as bad as what is happening at Bradford, but it’s pretty bad all the same. This isn’t something that Forever Reds will be able to sort out either. It’s too much for a quick fan bailout, and they don’t have the clout. This needs a serious investor and fast.

"This needs a serious investor"









not again, not a thread announcing "someone should"...

Erm . . Nowt to do with losing Thomas Leuluai then and having no cover? Paid over the odds to help out Salford? Do me a favour.



What's the point of bringing in fringe players from Wigan now with so few games left? Now that would be bad management, especially if money is tight.



What does that entail? the directors throwing more money down the toilet at a rugby team in a city that so few have been really ar*ed about in the past 40 years?



And thats all the boards faults again is it? OK surprise, surprise how predictable. It's so easy to whinge but try being open minded and taking your fan or player hat off and see the bigger picture for once. Life doesn't always give you what you want, get over it.

Bradford given until 27th July to sort out buyer, as long as the RFL pay £200,000 wages this Friday, which they might not do after they stated on Friday that Bradford had 3 ways of raising the money to pay the wages, gate money from Sunday's game, which only added £20,000 to the bank account, await Sky mony in two weeks time, that is after this Friday, or sell players.

So it looks like another £200k will be thrown at Bradford, do you think teh RFL will pay Salford's wages next month?

I guessed,as I was admiring our first half line speed on Sunday,that I would read bad news this week.

Fortunately,it hasn't been in the rugby league press.

I shall disregard your comments about Bradford ( who appear to me to have 'traded while insolvent' etc.) and also the possibility of a player making plans in advance,perhaps,as his contract expires in just over a years time,but as you purport to know about the financial situation,hopefully you can assist in enlightening my ignorance.



If a potential investor missed the interview on Radio Manchester,and the few lines in the press,how do they know about the opportunity to invest/purchase Salford City Reds ?

Who,if anyone is the target or where is the target area ?

As there is money in banking

,has Mr McManus at St Helens,a merchant banker I believe,been asked if he knows of any likely individual(s) ?

Has Mr McNeil,a Hedge Fund marketing guy,at London Skolars been asked a similar question ?

How has the club been marketed to any potential purchaser ? Have the RFL been asked to assist ?

How and where has the request for investment/purchase been advertised ?