Salford were planning for the long-term future before this season began, having tied down Rowley to a director of rugby role from 2026 with the intention of appointing Kurt Haggerty as head coach.
However, the current head coach is more concerned about the impact the club’s difficulties are having on non-playing staff.
Sport learned that last Sunday’s fixture against Hull FC had been in doubt as the club owed money for coach travel and to a launderette which had washed their kit.
Prior to the game, Rowley said that he was under the impression that the RFL had paid both bills in order to get the game on.
“I know everyone wants to drag us through until the end of the year, and they’ll bend and break every rule to allow us to do that, but it’s what happens after that. That’s what’s my concern [is] for all the staff,” he told Sport.
“They know that they will be the forgotten people and that concerns me.
“It’s a persona when I’m at work and I’m in front of people – I’ve got to have a positive attitude and a body language that says that we want to win.
“I coach to win, whatever it looks like and whoever I’m coaching. I’m crumbling like everybody else.”
As for the owners, Rowley said that he does speak to them but he is unclear on what the future holds.
“I have an amount of dialogue with them and they remain positive and on task,” he added. “That gives me some hope.
“I don’t think they would ever be able to have true empathy about what we’re truly going through as a sporting organisation. They’re business people and we’re sportsmen.”
