PAUL ROWLEY says he is confident Salford Red Devils “will bat on”.
The issues suffered by the Red Devils have been well documented throughout 2025, but with 19 players and assistant Kurt Haggerty, who was supposed to succeed Rowley as head coach, all leaving, it has been even more difficult for Rowley to just pick a team to go out and do battle against 11 other Super League teams.
Asked about the future of Salford live on Sky Sports, Rowley said: “I think the main thing is Salford, like any club is bigger than any coach, any player or anything like that. Salford will bat on, I’m very, very confident that it will bat on. In what guise, I can’t answer that, I don’t know what that will look like.
“Salford is a city full of passionate people and wealthy people as well. I’m pretty confident there’ll be a Salford next year. I don’t know what division Salford will be in and I’m not sure who’ll be owning or leading Salford.
“(The owners) are clearly working extremely hard to get whatever the deal is over the line. That’s what I can say, I can confidently say they are working extremely hard to do that.
“I’ve not spoken to the guys for quite a while. I guess Paul (King, Salford director) would be speaking to them more regularly than me. In that respect, I think we take them at world value. I like to go into meeting people with an innocent mind and hoping and expecting people to have the right intentions.”
Rowley was asked about his own future: “Again, who knows. If the club goes in admin, there’s so many variables. I’m getting them through every game this year and I committed to that and I committed to doing every interview.
“When I get through to that last game, I’m turning my phone off and you won’t see me for four weeks.”