Salford Metropolis co-owner Gary Neville insists he doesn’t envy the success of Hollywood-backed Wrexham, who’ve made it from non-league to the Championship in simply three seasons.
The Welsh aspect – owned by Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia star Rob McElhenney, simply in case you wanted reminding – have risen via the divisions in breakneck pace, having fun with an unprecedented third successive promotion on the finish of final season.
There was as soon as a time when Neville’s Ammies had been the headline-grabbing, celebrity-infused workforce of the day, when the previous Manchester United defender and a number of other of his Class of ’92 members purchased the membership again in 2014.
Neville on Salford Metropolis’s Wrexham comparisons
Salford would earn 4 promotions in 5 years, with a BBC digital camera documenting their journey, lengthy earlier than Reynolds and McElhenney’s Welcome to Wrexham landed on Disney+ and put a worldwide highlight on the then-non-league Welsh aspect.
Neville and his greatest pal David Beckham accomplished a buyout of the opposite Class of ’92 members in Might, shifting the possession of Salford Metropolis to a brand new consortium, which additionally consists of former banker Lord Mervyn Davies.
This got here after the Ammies’ 2010s progress had stalled, with the membership spending the previous six seasons in League Two, seeing Wrexham leapfrog them. However Neville, who ranked at no.48 in FourFourTwo’s listing of the best Premier League gamers ever, insists he isn’t envious.
“No, I don’t want I used to be another soccer membership, I don’t work or function like that,” he tells FourFourTwo. “With new homeowners, we’ve bought a plan whereby in 4 to 5 years, I’d prefer to suppose Salford can be extra profitable on the pitch. That’s the hope.
“We may even have invested in our coaching floor and stadium, and be able whereby we will obtain sustainability.
“That’s the true drive of this possession, to develop revenues, achieve success on the pitch, develop into sustainable and guarantee we nonetheless meet these values of being reasonably priced and accessible that we had from day one. There’s so much to do and never lots of time to do it in, however we’re dedicated and that’s a very powerful factor.”
Salford start their 2025/26 League Two marketing campaign with a house conflict in opposition to Crewe Alexandra as they appear to construct on final season’s eighth-place end which noticed them end a single level exterior the play-off spots.
Neville’s enterprise of soccer diploma will start in September, with additional entry factors obtainable in November, January, February, April and June. Functions at the moment are open – for extra data, go to UA92.ac.uk