Salford aren`t in a position to leave their top players on the side-lines and still pay their salaries.



They would have to allow them go elsewhere and if it happened, I doubt any other club would pay anything other than a very modest transfer fee which would be tantamount to a free transfer.

That's a very Salford centric view though. The alternative is we have all this uncertainty and drama days ahead of the new season affecting all the other 11 clubs.



Salford knew this was coming from November last year when it was made clear their bailout from Salford council wasn't forthcoming. They have struggled financially for decades. Truth is they haven't the means to be a SL club.

Maybe a solution for the ineptitude as a one off would be for the RFL to take over the players surplus to Salford in a player pool & hire them out to Salford if needed or to other clubs on a weekly or monthly basis then any take over at Salford could compensate the RFL expenses for this season.

So i assume either Salford have sorted finances as they've just brought Tiaki chan in on loan.

Or They are selling a more expensive forward and needed a cheap replacement??

So just 7 nights to their first SL game. What cap are they going to be operating under? Are they intending to defy the RFL's imposed £1.2M cap? Are the RFL actually going to get a grip?

No, they have known about this for months and in reality it’s gone on for years. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want to see any club go through what they have but like I said it’s been years and some form of punishment should have taken place.



Like you say we are a week away from the start of season and it would be a mockery if anything happened now that would throw the upcoming season into shambles.

Just seen an article where Rowley says he can only pick a team that comes under the restrictions. So this week’s cup game he can’t go above the 1.2 million which he probably would not have done so anyway. But goes on to say he hopes it’s sorted by the time we get to start of the season properly.

If this situation is allowed to fester into their Super League fixtures it will make a mockery of Rugby League in the UK.

Thanks. So any visibility on which squad is registered or can he just pick and mix £1.2m worth from the players under contract? It's a farce.

100% and end of day it’s at the RFL’s door step. They should have enforced the restrictions regardless but it seems they have allowed Salford snowball them with the takeover that’s apparently meant to have been announced this week, yes 1 day to go but I wouldn’t be holding my breath.

Glad the takeover has happened, hopefully they can just crack on with playing now

Agreed, and if it all goes according to plan I think that Salford will be in a good position and the area around the ground will significantly benefit too.