Tarquin Fuego wrote:
WTF has happened with Salford
Disgrace to the Integrity of the
Competition and IMG
As part of the ‘special measures’ for taking the funding advance they can only register 1.2 million pounds worth of player on the salary cap until the takeover if fully ratified by the RFL. The owners at Salford claim assurances have been made, debts paid off and all paperwork has been submitted for this to be complete. You can kind of understand them being annoyed if it’s the RFL now dragging its heels, but these things just have to take time from a legal point of view, it’s not the RFL who left it 2 weeks before the season to buy the club.
The new owners obviously have decided not to risk injury of players etc if they won’t let them field their best side. I just don’t understand it though as the 1.2 million side they played last week was decent. Brierley, Cross, Marsters, Macdonald, Nikorima and some first team forwards. It could have made a decent fist of a game on BBC. It looks to me like Salford are being awkward to ‘prove a point’ not sure what it achieves though really.
