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The Class of 92 look set to leave their roles as Salford owners

Salford City's 'Class of '92' owners are close to ending their 11-year association with the Ammies as a mystery buyer closes in on a purchase of the club.

Ex-Manchester United stars Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt all pitted together to invest and take over at Salford back in 2014, with the club in the Northern Premier League Division One North, the eighth-tier of English football.

They were able to help the club climb the leagues, with the help of Singaporean businessman Peter Lim, and by the Ammies were in the National League by 2018, then made it to League Two a year later for their first ever taste of professional league football.

The group have been able to pump money into Salford every year since they took over, while three series' of the 'Class of 92: Out of Their League' documentary have also aired since 2015. David Beckham also became a co-owner in 2019, joining up with his former teammates in their project at the club.

With progress having slowed down over the last few years, the 'Class of '92' group now look set to leave the club, according to Alan Nixon, and new buyers have been in contact with club officials in recent days about a sale.

Gary Neville, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs' combined net worth

Arguably the three most high-profile backers of Salford, namely Gary Neville, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs, have all had different roles at the club over the last few years, with Neville and Giggs taking a more hands-on approach, while Beckham's other sporting commitments usually take priority.

Neville has built a vast portfolio of business interests since he retired from playing in 2011, with his ventures including property development like Hotel Football, which is next to Old Trafford, and the Stock Exchange Hotel in central Manchester.

The 50-year-old has also founded investment company Relentless, while he also runs property and construction consultancy firm Zerum. His current net worth is estimated to be around £70m, when all of his assets and ventures are taken into account.

Giggs is Salford's current director of football, and he has recently been seen assisting manager Karl Robinson in the dugout of League Two games. His business interests are a lot less public than those of fellow backer Neville, but the same cannot be said for his personal life over the last few years.

WalesOnline have claimed that his net worth is currently around £50m, as he currently co-operates the GG Hospitality Group with Neville, which owns Hotel Football and the Stock Exchange Hotel.

Beckham is, of course, the most high-profile of anyone involved with Salford, and is one of the most well-known ex-footballers of all-time due to his iconic playing style and exploits following his 2013 retirement.

The 49-year-old is a celebrity in his own right, and has amassed a wealth of commercial partnerships and sports-related business ventures since he came into the limelight nearly 30 years ago. According to The Sunday Times, his net worth is currently around £455 million, alongside his wife, Victoria.

With that in mind, ex-United teammates Neville, Giggs and Beckham's combined net worth as investors into Salford is around £575 million, which is a sizeable figure for co-owners of a team in League Two.

Salford sale will come as a shock but they have not been making a profit on the club

It will certainly come as somewhat of a surprise to general football fans to see the 'Class of '92' selling Salford ahead of next season, but their decision will likely have been taken due to the losses that the club has posted and the potential lack of interest in carrying the project on from certain backers.

Football finance expert Kieran Maguire recently revealed that the Ammies had lost over £5.3m in their 2023/24 accounts, taking total losses to over £28m since being acquired by the group back in 2014.

Those sorts of figures are not sustainable, and their poor showings off the field have translated into on-pitch stagnation in recent years. Salford enjoyed a rapid rise to the EFL, with four promotions in five years from 2014 to 2019, but they have been stuck in League Two since then, while only even getting into the play-offs on one occasion.

It is clear to see that a new direction may need to be taken for the club to grow any further, and Alan Nixon's report paints a picture of the 'Class of '92' effectively being unable to invest any more of their money without businessman Peter Lim, who is stepping back at the end of the season after Neville acquired his shares in the club last August.