The Class of '92 have set their sights on taking Salford City FC to the Premier League as they head into their first campaign as a professional outfit.
The National League North side were denied a third successive promotion with a play-off defeat to Halifax, but have stepped up their preparations for the new season by going full-time, recruiting 12 players and opening their own academy.
Sky Bet make Salford 11/4 favourites to win the National League North title ahead of York at 7/2.
Part of the club's move to go professional has involved the shirt sponsorship of Soccer Saturday Super 6, while they also increased the seating capacity in their stadium from 500 to 2,264 ahead of Saturday's kick-off against Darlington. Salford are odds-on at 4/6 to get the victory.
When asked how far Salford can go, Paul Scholes replied "Premier League", while co-owner Gary Neville added: "We don't have a ceiling for it (our ambitions). We wouldn't take it over if we didn't think we could go as far as we possibly could. But we accept that there's some huge challenges, there's going to be lots of ups and downs along the way, but that's where we have to aim for.
"The realistic target is achieving promotion to the Football League like within four, five or six years."
Ryan Giggs added: ''It's not arrogance, it's not like we're saying 'we're going to do it' but you have to try. We did it as players and now we're aiming to do it as owners."
The club have recruited aggressively during the summer and Neville explained how improving the spine of the team was key to their approach.
"Apart from one, we've got every single player that was on the list (of summer transfer targets) that was presented to us, which is unbelievable really," he added.
"A couple of them we never thought we would, so I think we're really proud of what we've done so far.
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