MASON Caton-Brown will not treat ownership of Salford like he was when he was a speedy winger.
For slow and steady will win this race.
The consortium involving the ex-player won the right to lead the rebirth of the club after it was wound up over unpaid tax following 152 years.
Salford’s Red Devils tag – which they have had since the 1930s and Sir Matt Busby adopted at Manchester United in the 1960s – is likely to not be kept on.
Caton-Brown and his group will have to act quickly to assemble a squad by the Championship opener against Oldham on January 16.
A coach and players, with as many as 20 in the running, are already lined up and announcements will be made between Christmas and New Year.
But other than that, an entirely different approach will be adopted.
Caton-Brown said: “We’re not here just for the short-term.
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“We don’t want the club to die or get even close to that again. Me and the group involved are looking to build this club as a foundation for the community, for the people.
“The Rugby Football League looked at our plan, our financial plan as well, and felt we were the best pick for the stability and the long-term security of the club.
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“We’ve outlined a plan for these next few weeks and we’re now supposed to execute it.
“We’ll have the staff, the players, put pen to paper and we’ll make some announcements. We had discussions before, just in case, with players, staff and coaches. Now we can make those concrete announcements.
“The most ideal situation is that we come in and we go straight back to the Super League, but we’re looking at the realistic timescales.
“Once you dive in, you see how much it was in a mess and how much it takes to build a club as well.
“So our main focus is stability and security. Then eventually we’re building to that goal of reaching the top flight.”
Caton-Brown, whose group involves Australia-based Malcolm Crompton and local businessmen Paul Hancock and Ashley Washington and saw off one involving former chief executive Chris Irwin, will outline his plans to fans next month.
And the intention is for that match on January 16 to be a celebration of being alive as off-field focus is key after the club hardly had any commercial funding.
Caton-Brown – who insists he will not be one of the players, despite being just 32-years-old – added: “Going down to the Championship isn’t the end.
“We’re starting from scratch. I really think the fans will get behind us no matter what. We’re looking forward to January 16 and just getting everyone together again.
“Not just for Salford, but for rugby league in general. It’s a big history that’s been preserved and what could have happened would have been terrible for the sport.
“So January 16th will be a big way to celebrate. Salford’s still here. Salford will be in the name. We’re not going to change the name, as there were rumours of a Manchester club.
“It’s going to be a Salford club and we want to give value to the fans. Fans that have seen the lack of transparency and not really felt like it’s their club.
“We want to kind of bring that back to where it feels like it’s a club again.”
