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Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Gary Neville reveals his and David Beckham's plans for Salford City - and what makes them different from Wrexham
Gary Neville has opened up on the plans he and David Beckham have for Salford City after completing their takeover of the club. Beckham and Neville led a new consortium that gained control of the League Two outfit earlier this month, buying out their former Class of 92 team-mates Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Phil Neville after major backer Peter Lim stepped away from his ownership position last year. The Class of 92s arrival in 2014 had previously taken Salford from the Northern Premier League Division One North to the EFL in five years, but they have remained in League Two ever since - and finished eighth this season. Beckham and Neville will be joined in their ownership by Declan Kelly, founder of US-based advisory firm Consello, and Lord Mervyn Davies, chairman of the Lawn Tennis Association. The new group are targeting Championship football within five years. They have already made a splash, with Salford, who are managed by Karl Robinson, releasing 17 players in a brutal reshuffle after missing out on the play-offs. And, speaking on The Overlap Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet, Neville gave further insight on the plans he and Beckham have for the club. 'Shares in a football club for most owners, other than the passion and the feelings you get from it, you're a reliability from an investment perspective more than an asset, Neville said. 'We've put money into Salford and in January we just thought we needed to get a group of people involved, who we could trust. 'Me and Becks [David Beckham] agreed that we would put money in for the next four or five years, which is a commitment we've all made. 'Salford City won't be changing the budget – to reverse out of the model we already have, you need two or three years. 'You can't go from investing to becoming sustainable that quick – you need to look at players contracts for three years and you've generally got a model that you've built which you can't come away from.' A high profile ownership group is not new, with other examples like Wrexham and Birmingham prominent in the EFL over recent times. Wrexham have earned three successive promotions from the National League to the Championship under celebrity backers Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, while the Blues - where NFL icon Tom Brady is a minority owner - romped to the League One title this season and have ambitious plans for the future. However, Neville claimed his group would be different and also insisted that supporting the local community would be a key part of their aims. The Manchester United legend added: 'We just need to change the model of the club slightly, in fact quite a bit. It's very different than Wrexham and Birmingham [City] - you're talking about millions going into those clubs. 'That's not what we're looking to do with Salford. We want Salford to be a good football project. 'Salford City has the cheapest ticket prices in the EFL. On day one, I committed to the fans that we would be the most affordable and accessible football club. I'd rather go down than do that [be unsustainable].' Meanwhile, Neville has occasionally faced criticism for the lack of progress at Salford in recent times, with The Ammies having been stuck in League Two for the past six years. During that time, Salford have only qualified for the play-offs on one occasion, and they have never finished higher than seventh, yet Neville defended his record. 'The money we have spent on our football club [Salford City] we could have easily bought a League One club,' Neville explained. 'The reason we didn't is, we wanted to build a football club from scratch. They had 100 fans at the time. 'Every fan that comes to Salford we respect enormously but they are there because of the things that we've done in the last ten years, which is a great position for us as owners to be in. 'We can't be accused of lacking spirit, fight, or putting money where our mouths is. 'We can never be accused of that at Salford because we haven't got 10,000 fans that have been there for a long time that have an opinion that's based on history.'
Wales Online
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
Surprise new name 'placed on shortlist' for vacant Cardiff City manager job
Surprise new name 'placed on shortlist' for vacant Cardiff City manager job The Bluebirds are on the lookout for a new manager following the sacking of Omer Riza Salford City director of football Ryan Giggs chats with Salford City manager Karl Robinson (Image: Getty Images ) Salford City's Karl Robinson has been linked with the manager's role at Cardiff City. The Bluebirds are on the lookout for their next manager following the sacking of Omer Riza last month, with midfielder Aaron Ramsey having taken the last three games as interim boss, during which time the club's relegation to League One was confirmed. Vincent Tan issued a statement to supporters last week to reassure them that the search for the next manager was already under way, however the statement did not imply that any other appointments, such as a director of football, were particularly imminent. Ramsey himself said that it would be beneficial for the club to act quickly in getting in a new manager and to ensure the right backroom staff were also appointed. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community. And Football Insider claim that veteran boss Karl Robinson, who has vast experience in the Football League, is under consideration for the manager's post at Cardiff City Stadium and has been shortlisted among a number of applicants. Robinson, 44, has enjoyed lengthy stints at all of his previous clubs. He took charge of MK Dons six years and achieved promotion out of League One in 2015, but suffered relegation the following year. Article continues below He took over from Russell Slade at Charlton in 2016 and spent two years there before being appointed at Oxford United. During his five-year spell with the U's, he lost a play-off final against Wycombe Wanderers and was also defeated by Blackpool in a play-off semi-final. He was sacked in February 2023. Following a brief stint as Sam Allardyce's assistant at Leeds United, Robinson took the manager's job at League Two Salford City, whom he steered to safety after taking over while they were rock-bottom of the Football League. Robinson, a former striker who played for Welsh clubs Caernarfon and Rhyl during his playing career, has almost 800 games as a manager under his belt. Interim boss Ramsey, whose own future is as yet undecided with his playing contract up this summer, has urged the club to make the next appointment quickly in order to provide everyone with clarity. "Over the next few weeks, after the season finishes, it's important to get somebody in with the right staff around them, that's the first thing and then you can go from there and add layers to that," Ramsey said. "Fans need clarity. Players need clarity and then you can build from there really. Article continues below "We need everybody to get right behind this club now and for us all to pull in the same direction for us to get out of this and you need somebody who's going to grab the club and galvanise that. "What's important now is that the manager, and the staff that he brings in, create an identity that the fans can buy into again and can get right behind. That's the first step and putting that in place, the rest can follow. "It needs to be done relatively quickly really so there's clarity. Players coming and going need to understand the situation because the longer you leave it, you're eating into your pre-season time and your time working together as a team and that has a knock-on effect into the season as well." Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
BBC News
05-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'I'll do what it takes to bring Salford success'
Salford City boss Karl Robinson has said he will do whatever it takes to make his side a success as they target a return to League Two promotion Ammies were third in the table in January, having won six consecutive games, but their form has tailed off since then.A humbling 8-0 defeat by Manchester City in the FA Cup preceded a run of just one win from 10 league games, which has seen them slip down to 11th in the table and six points off the play-off places."I will do whatever it takes for this football club to be successful - so will my players," Robinson told BBC Radio Manchester following Tuesday's 2-2 draw against Swindon Town."I'll work around the clock to give everything I've got. I want the staff to give more. The players to give more. Me to give more."We've got 11 or 12 games to go and we've moved from a points tally we've been stuck on for three weeks and it's been frustrating the life out of me seeing that."Salford have struggled with injuries over the winter period but have recently welcomed back midfielders Kelly N'Mai and Ben Woodburn for their end-of-season said there were reasons to be positive as they look to bridge the gap on the top seven."We've got some really positive news coming this week in the build-up to Saturday and I'm expecting three more back into the squad," he added."Hopefully we can get players back for this run in and I think we'll be a very good team."
