Class of ’92. Manchester United academy generation with several of the greatest legends in club history. Salford City has been, the sandbox where Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, Neville and Butt have been allowed to play as club owners, this happened before it became popular to inject millions upon millions to own an English club down in the division system. This was long before the Wrexham fairytale with three promotions in a row. Now the United legends are announcing that they will jack up their investment in the League Two club.
Investor Per Lim has previously owned the majority of Salford, last August Gary Neville took over Lim’s majority stake. On Thursday, The Athletic reports that the duo Neville and Beckham are buying out Butt, Giggs and Scholes, taking over the club and letting in a new consortium of wealthy and willing investors, who have probably been inspired by Ryan Reynolds’ Wrexham show at Disney. This looks fun!
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Butt, Giggs and Scholes are reportedly still involved with the club in other areas. According to the English media, Neville and Beckham intend to ensure that 15-20 million dollars are injected into the club, where the five-year plan of the United legends will send Salford City up to the Championship, i.e. the second division on the ball island.
“We care about the club, and we do this to win. We want Salford to succeed, and we have done that, but we also want to take the club to the next level,” David Beckham begins to the English media.
“I always dream big, so I will always want us to reach the top of football and be in the Premier League, but it takes a lot of hard work and a lot of investment until then. We want to get to the Championship, but we have to take it step by step. We want to succeed quickly, but things like that take time,” says an enthusiastic Beckham.
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When a Hollywood duo secures three promotions in a row to the Championship from the amateur league, then surely a handful of English football legends should fix the same. Or?
