SALFORD’S staff have finally received their owed wages as their new owners supply funds – after getting a further advance of central cash to make sure players were covered.
But another spectre is hanging over the club – relegation.
Salford’s wage woes and cash crises over the years may count against them when IMG’s gradings are announced at the end of the seasonSWPIX.COM
Red Devils stars’ salaries are believed to have been made a week late following a transfer from consortium member Saia Kailahi’s personal bank account.
However, it is also thought Rugby League Commercial let the club receive its £130,000 allocation of funds 10 days early to plug any gap, after it was given £500,000 in November.
But SunSport has been told off-field staff – including boss Paul Rowley – have now received their money ahead of Friday’s Challenge Cup tie with Bradford.
Kailahi is thought to have met his bank in Australia as the group attempts to transfer £1.9 million, which would cover the club’s wages for the season, after being told he can only transfer just under £49,000 at any one time.
As a result, SunSport understands March’s payroll will be met through a number of transfers made before the scheduled March 27 date.
Sources say a larger sum will be made later after they learned bank regulations on the other side of the world restrict their attempts to send the sum as one.
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Salford’s pay drama is the latest cash crisis at a club that has been beset by several since it moved into what is now known as the Community Stadium.
And it is understood they may count against them in the forthcoming IMG gradings, which are announced at the end of the season.
The finance pillar is judged on the three latest available set of accounts, which takes in the period from 2022-2024.
As a result, cash dramas that occurred until November will count against them – and as they kept their Super League status by just 0.39 points ahead of Toulouse, that may place their top flight statis in jeopardy.
Boss Paul Rowley and his off-field staff are said to have finally received their February wagesSWPIX.COM
Kailahi, a childhood friend of Salford assistant coach Krisnan Inu, is thought to be the rugby league man in the three-man consortium, with Swiss moneyman Dario Berta its head.
And it is believed he and Curtis Brown are primarily looking to buy the Salford Community Stadium and the land around it, with plans to build a 5,000-seater arena and a hotel.
If a deal with the city’s council can be agreed, they would also look to develop the 12,000-capacity venue, with a view to it hosting concerts in future.
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