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All-weather race track to be built at Barton then. Good for the area and well done for John Wilkinson as President.

Preparing for the cynical replies, but this is heart-warming news

If it comes off it could be the RL version of Man City

New sponshorship deal too - Tesco!

Fingers crossed, sounds good.

No, it won't - let's not get silly.

Absolutely great news. Think he will be great for the club too.

No better time for Salford to move forward than now with Sale going down the swanny.

Fantastic news, but like Vastman says let's not get carried away. It will take several years of sustained heavy investment (in RL terms) in Salford to get them up to a good standard as a club.

Still, if I were a Salford fan I'd be pretty bloody happy right now.

We Salford fans have had a rough off-season, but if and when this deal comes through I'll be celebrating with champagne (or possibly Holts bitter if I really want to go to town).

Well if you watch the Dr's press conference he clearly states that he wouldn't bother buying the club if we Wernt capable of winning trophies in the next 4 to 5 years so if he delivers on his promise yea it would be an RL version of Man city, a team who go from whipping boys to winning the title in the space of 5 years. It would be exactly the same.

Hopefully all goes well and Salford get the break they deserve.

All sounds very promising.
Great for Salford and RL.
Feel relieved for Salford fans as we at Trinity know what it feels like to go through such traumatic times.

This has only just clicked



Will they be providing a burger van for the supporters/failed race horses?

Good to see you're not getting carried away.

Aside from the fact that we can't do it by outspending everyone. And let's not get carried away about winning things just yet - the mere fact that this would mean us surviving and having a well run club is enough for now.

Of course, this is all dependent on if it all goes through and nothing goes tits up at the last moment. At the minute I can definitely see the "Man city" connection in terms of our fans being annoying, giddy kippers at the prospect of it all. Cool your jets.

Great news, a strong, well attended Salford flying the flag in Greater Manchester could be massive for the sport. Welcome to Rugby League Dr Koukash

You can't blame them for being like that. I think I would be if a genuine guy like that came into my club.

Good news for Salford and the game.

massive news for rugby league not just salford

will be interesting to see who they sign now

I'm not getting giddy until a) the deal is fully signed and b) we do actually start to see an increase in fortunes. I'd say 95% of the people I know at Salford feel the same way. Cautiously optimistic.

RL fans ability to go from zero to hero in 2 seconds flat never fails to amaze me. The game is littered with stories and promises like this - most of which hit the rocks.

You can only take him on face value and hope for the best. However to go from the near suicidal despair you were in 2 weeks ago to this we will conquer the world boast is ludicrous.

Breath a sigh of relief and quietly get on with building your club without the hyperbole would be sensible advice - not that you strike me as the sort to take such advice.

Finally if you think the SL and the Premiership are in any way similar, seek help

Sensible

As others have said we Salford fans are not getting carried away and are just glad that we seem to have survived as a club. On a personal level going bust would have hurt me but top flight clubs going bust is not a good advert for RL in general. I genuinely would not wish other supporters to have to go through what we have the past few weeks. hopefully we will never have to again.

Great news for the Salford supporters, they’ve had quite a roller coaster ride in the last year.

But with a new ground & hopefully a new backer the future’s looking much brighter, & with much less tedium than the last buyout fiasco.