Apparently Alfie Johnson has been hugely impressive in training and is way ahead of where Sam and co expected him to be. Will be interesting when he gets an opportunity.

[quote="St Helens Wolf":277vcc3k]From what I've read here [url:277vcc3k]https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/why-salford-red-devils-can-delay-player-sales-and-avoid-cap-restrictions/ar-AA1y2BcR?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=f64fe457817f4833eee65cf691f2c37d&ei=11[/url:277vcc3k] Salford will only be able to register players up to their new cap limit of £1.2m. They've got a CC game against Midlands Hurricanes next week, so they'll be able to put out a weakened side. Once Super League starts, unless their situation changes i.e. a take-over is completed, they'll have to proceed with a £1.2m squad with the remainder of the players, presumably the highest earners, unavailable but still being paid. For the potential buyers - it's very much in their interests to run the clock down.[/quote:277vcc3k] Thanks. Yes that is my understanding. What I don't agree with is the RFL giving opportunity for this uncertainty and delay. Salford should be told, in no uncertain terms, to register their players on the £1.2M cap [b:277vcc3k][i:277vcc3k]immediately[/i:277vcc3k][/b:277vcc3k]. If a new buyer comes in - then that's fine, good for Salford. But for the 2025 season the cap is £1.2M. [i:277vcc3k]But rival clubs and supporters have asked why the club haven’t been ordered to follow up on the claim they have to sell players ‘without delay’. The Rugby Football League’s chief executive, Tony Sutton, even admitted at last week’s Championship launch that the ball is in Salford’s court. [/i:277vcc3k] This is ineptitude by the RFL to lose control of this situation having made the advance of £500K.

It's possibly the worst situation. It doesn't reduce the club's actual spend, as they are still paying their players to sit on the side-lines, whilst hurting the fans, and in turn gate receipts, by fielding an uncompetitive team.

[quote="St Helens Wolf":15hrqzyb]It's possibly the worst situation. It doesn't reduce the club's actual spend, as they are still paying their players to sit on the side-lines, whilst hurting the fans, and in turn gate receipts, by fielding an uncompetitive team.[/quote:15hrqzyb] 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.

[quote="St Helens Wolf":2ro37tgc]It's possibly the worst situation. It doesn't reduce the club's actual spend, as they are still paying their players to sit on the side-lines, whilst hurting the fans, and in turn gate receipts, by fielding an uncompetitive team.[/quote:2ro37tgc] 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.