
Super League heavyweights Warrington Wolves may fight Hull FC in their attempt to sign Salford Red Devils players. According to head coach Sam Burgess, the Wire would be “daft not to have a look.”
The Primrose and Blue team, which placed second in the Super League the previous season and advanced to the Challenge Cup final, is getting ready for its second season under Burgess, who has not ruled out the prospect of adding players.
Given that the East Yorkshire club has made approaches for Deon Cross and Marc Sneyd in recent weeks, it is possible that the Cheshire-based team will join the Black and Whites in their pursuit of Salford players.
They may now have more competition, though, as the Wire and teams like Leigh Leopards, who are also interested in Sneyd and are thought to be in the driver’s seat to sign the Man of Steel-nominated half-back, are monitoring the situation.
The Red Devils’ latest financial plight has been well documented this off-season, with Super League clubs now circling after they were instructed by the RFL on Wednesday to sell players immediately.
They need to raise a massive £800,000 in player sales less than a month before the Super League kicks off next month and must get down to a manageable cap of £1.2 million.
The club, who were forced to sell Brodie Croft and Andy Ackers to Leeds Rhinos in the last off-season, were put under ‘special measures’ having required an advance on their central funding last month and must now cash in on some of their prized assets, of which the likes of Jack Ormondroyd, Kallum Watkins, and Nene Macdonald have also been linked with moves.
Meanwhile, Warrington have signed the likes of Papua New Guinea back rower Dan Russell and former London Broncos half-back Oli Leyland for 2025, but Burgess has now admitted the Wire are interested in the possibility of further recruits from Salford.

He said: “It’s daft to think that you’re not going to have a look. We’re not not in the market. It’s business. It’s the business of winning. Everyone else is doing it (looking at Salford players). I don’t know what’s happened there, as I don’t work there. But it’s obviously not great for everyone involved.”
Releasing a statement on Wednesday night, Salford are still hopeful they will get new investors on board. However, they have conceded that they have been instructed to ‘sell players without delay,’ also confirming that they have received offers for a ‘number of players.’
It’s thought that Hull are one of a handful of Super League clubs still with salary cap space still available, while Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity still have quota space, with clubs earlier this week voting against cap and quota dispensations. A vote is due to be made again in the near future.
The statement read: “The club has been directed to sell players without delay.
The position is that the RFL has issued a sustainability cap of £1.2 million, and until we reach that, we are now prohibited from registering players for the upcoming season.
The terms of receiving the advancement were that the club be placed under ‘special measures’ requiring a reduction in overheads of £800,000.
“We were not given a clear timeline for compliance on required expenditure reductions; therefore, the club took the decision to hold our position for the short term while investor negotiations are ongoing. During this time, the club has received offers for a number of players, none of whom have been available for sale until today.”