Salford Red Devils: Chief executive Chris Irwin resigns
In an interview in March, Irwin told BBC Radio Manchester he was confident the club would come through the problems relating to the takeover.
He said: "In terms of the large funds that we are hoping will come over and really elevate the club and take the club on, we will be waiting for those funds a bit longer than we had hoped for.
"However, through March we will be fine. And come April we hope we can really kick on - on the pitch and off the pitch too."
Since then there has been a string of high-profile departures with captain Kallum Watkins, star centre Tim Lafai and half-back Chris Atkin all leaving.
It has left the squad threadbare with head coach Paul Rowley forced to play many youngsters and struggling to compete in Super League.
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