Rumours from the Twiteratti states Simon Orange who's just bought Sale is interested in us if Marwan leaves. Interesting concept which could see us ans Sale share staff such as marketting executives which in Sale's cause is a lot better. Interesting times ahead..

Couldn't think of anything worse, we'd definitely be re-branded under a Manchester based partnership with them at some point, the Salford name would be completely wiped

I concur with your prophecy because I cannot see any other reason for buying the club: running a RU club has obvious business advantages whereas a RL club has far fewer links to national or international firms. Consolidating the teams at the AJ Bell would make business sense. www.corpacq.com/corpacq-team/simon-orange/ www.corpacq.com/acquisition-criteria/

I concur with your prophecy because I cannot see any other reason for buying the club: running a RU club has obvious business advantages whereas a RL club has far fewer links to national or international firms. Consolidating the teams at the AJ Bell would make business sense. www.corpacq.com/corpacq-team/simon-orange/ www.corpacq.com/acquisition-criteria/

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marwan be down the road with uncle derek at leigh end of season and take all our overseas players with him while we will become saleford just a thought

The players are there for sheens not marwan.

Can't see it. He runs a private equity firm which bought Sale debt free and just about breaking even, can't imagine his investors would be pleased about buying a club in debt and not likely to make a profit anytime soon

asset stripping/hostile takeover would be my guess if he bought the club, making Sale the only professional rugby club in Manchester

But why would they bother doing that, what would they gain?

Access to players/coaching staff from the academy as well as the first team. Sole occupancy of the stadium (especially if he could settle any outstanding debts to the council as part of winding up the club) and it branding/naming rights going forward. Bragging rights that RU was the only professional rugby code in Manchester.

If the boot was on the other foot, I would do it to Sale

Really?
Sale seem alot more professional than we are and if they really wanted to poach staff etc I don't think they'd need to buy us out and then wind up the club?

With regards to single occupancy I think our tennancy extension agreement runs out in 2018 and if MK did leave we would fold and cease to exist in the top teir so any agreements etc go with the club.
Leaving all the staff etc ripe for the picking, so again why would they buy them out just to wind up the club, surely let the club do that themselves?
Just can't see your logic of buying the club to then finish it.

Beggars ..... choosers , as the saying goes .

to blink out of existence or playing a subservient other team role?

Sale just released their new Board of Directors, so who do you actually think they would need to poach and what assets are there to strip? www.salesharks.com/news/3841.php#.V4jlEEDTVSD the council and Peel need nearly £25m out of the stadium to break even and it currently isn't worth half that. they need to sell the plots first so they can claim they got all their money back or the fallout for the council would be huge. {Although with the CEO of Allied London (who seem to be rebuilding half of Manchester), there may be some development deals possible)

Sale just released their new Board of Directors, so who do you actually think they would need to poach and what assets are there to strip? www.salesharks.com/news/3841.php#.V4jlEEDTVSD the council and Peel need nearly £25m out of the stadium to break even and it currently isn't worth half that. they need to sell the plots first so they can claim they got all their money back or the fallout for the council would be huge. {Although with the CEO of Allied London (who seem to be rebuilding half of Manchester), there may be some development deals possible)

That is one serious set of directors.
Explains why our game (as an entity) is miles behind RU.

Imagine that set of directors running RL

Let's not be greedy, a couple of them would do!