McLesfield FC owner Robert Smithorst says “only the issue of time” before Robbie Savage leaves the club and tests himself at a higher level.
Welshman, 50, took over as president of the US Silks last summer, but was linked with a move to the club since the seizure of Smithorst in
The club is now on the verge of qualifying for the Northern National League, while in the top of the North Premier League rankings with a 20-point queue on Workp, which had finished second, was heading for Bamber Bridge on Saturday.
“How long will he stay here at McLezfield, God knows only,” Smitherus told the BBC.
“We might be lucky to leave for another year. He’s already coming to him now, higher than the league,” he said.
“Only the question of time must be before it proves itself and no longer here in McLezfield. I am aware of it.
McLezfield won the top two in three seasons and last season did not finish third in the standings when they lost the squad by Marine.
“The club can reach the Premier League, but admits that the national league’s financial pressure means that any of the next motives for success may be difficult if it eventually reaches fifth place,” Smithorst said.
“That ceiling for us may be the Premier League. That’s what we want to be our goal. If we can enter the national league, it may be where we will stay for a while.
“The amount of money you need to get out of that, if you look at people like Stockport County and adjust me and what they had to spend, you will talk about the phone numbers.