How has a GP from St Helens got the money to even contemplate breaking the salary cap?

I was informed by several members of the "rugby league family" that Koukash is a fraud.

All those 12 won't be on 100k+ either there's even more signings to be made Gleeson said another 2 massive signings to be finalised but he was tight lipped on who it was?

Anyone you thinks the better funded sides are not spending more on players than the measly salary cap allows is naive. The will be hundreds of ways to get around it which any half decent accountant can arrange.

If you do get caught not breaking the rules the the RFL invent something where you get done for breaking the spirit of the rules. So be it.

I read somewhere that win bonuses aren't counted for example. Many have muted that Leeds' foreign contingent often stopped off in Singapore for some 'banking' on the way home. There were always rumours of jobs for the WAG's at JJB or any other owners business or sponsors businesses.

To be honest i don't care, let him spend what he wants, if he's willing to chuck money into the sport then good luck to him.

anyone know how much of his own money he's spent so far?

Not a clue. I'm certainly not Salford's accountant but i'd be fairly confident to say they didn't have much in the bank when he took over.

Fair enough.....it just strikes me he's not the sort to quietly pump cash into anything.....he certainly likes to get in front of camera and blow hard about his plans for the future though.

£300k to Revenue and Customs, £70k in wages owed to 2013 playing squad, however much to pay off Phil Vievers, Brian Nobles wage, £112k to Cas for Rangi Chase, £50-90k to Wakefield for Tim Smith and an unknown sum to Wigan for Gareth Hock.

That's just off the top of my head.

good stuff.

Operating costs and wages for staff/players for the season because we didnt have a bean in the accounts when he took over and our gate receipts certainly wont have covered that.

what happened to the money from SKY for TV rights? Or revenue from sponsorship for 2013?

We were 4.5 million in debt alone when Koukash took over. We have a plan in place to pay it off over 5years.