It also depends on how much more money Mr Beaumont is willing to keep putting in. Maybe he'll wait till he's sees if the public of Leigh support the team.

I would hope Derek wouldn't be needed to tip in this season as the sky funding covers the cap, we would have £1m plus through the gate and sponsorship looks strong.

That wouldn't be viable..You'd have a player on 200/250k a season still costing 170k on the cap.We are just not in a position structurally at this point to even contemplate a marquee player.Get stabilty in SL is paramount,get the academy going,get the youth coming through.

Then you're in a position to add a marquee player.Many more seasons to go before that.

Cheers, thanx Atomic, thats cleared that up nicely

Looking at the squad as a whole, I don't believe it is the most expensively assembled in SL looking around at others. Of course some of those 'others' might be running with a Marquee (many more won't) but some will be paying big £££ to retain their top stars.

Who would be Leigh's top earners ?

Mickey Higham ? Maybe. Most probably Glenn Stewart from Catalan, at a guess, but no huge names beyond that. So unless the next name is massive, then I reckon there is a little bit of movement on the SC for mid/later season if needed.

Bottom line is Leigh will have to pay an established player better to take the risk with a Promoted club.