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Salford head coach Paul Rowley said that digesting news of the club’s challenging situation has been “horrible”.
The Red Devils have endured a tough winter with the club having to request an advance payment from other Super League teams to plug gaps in their finances.
But the Rugby Football League has ordered the club to sell players and handed them a reduced sustainability cap.
“In the quiet months on my own, it’s been simply quiet horrific trying to digest information and the possibility that you could lose the relationships fostered within our group,” Rowley told BBC Radio Manchester.
“That has been horrible. That thought has kept me up.”
Problems have been caused over uncertainty about the Red Devils’ future at Salford Community Stadium, which has led to doubts over gathering commercial revenue and left gaps in their finances.
It also led to Salford only coming 12th in the IMG grading system, with a B grade, despite finishing fourth in Super League last season.
There have been talks with potential new investors, but nothing concrete has been sorted yet.
And with the Red Devils’ new league campaign beginning in nine days against St Helens, Rowley wants the club’s immediate future to be sorted out.
“It feels like the last three seasons have been warm-ups for this one,” he said. “We’re well prepared in that respect.
“In sport and in leadership, you want to be master of your own destiny.
“You want to tread your own path and not have that forced on you. So a secure future is all we ask for.”
