Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has offered to help Bury in any way the Red Devils can, amid their financial troubles.
Bury are facing a permanent expulsion from the English Football League (EFL) tonight if owner Steve Dale can’t provide proof that he can fund the club this season.
Failing that, Bury needs to be sold by 23.59pm, or they risk going bust.
Solskjaer said he wants to see players come through the ranks at Bury, as United have previously recruited from their neighbours.
United have a strong link with Bury, and they used to play their reserve matches at the club’s stadium, Gigg Lane.
The ground even has a stand named after Gary and Phil Neville’s dad, Neville Neville, who helped save the club in 2002. Up until recently, their mum was the company secretary for Bury.
“For us, local teams – I missed a penalty at Gigg Lane, actually, for the reserves,” said Solskjaer.
“The Bolton situation and the Bury situation; football is hard to keep up with the top if you don’t have the resources.
“As a local club, we want to see local players do well and we’ve recruited players from those clubs.
“Of course we want them to do well. If there’s anything we can help them with, I’m sure we’ll do that, with loan players or anything.”
Bury owner Dale rejected a new offer for the club on Tuesday this week, despite the Friday deadline looming.
The latest bid came from former Port Vale chairman, Norman Smurthwaite, but Dale believed he could get a better offer.
Now, the owner has begged football clubs and fans to pledge £2.7million to Bury, in an attempt to save the club.
He told talkSPORT: “Fans, anyone out there, who will pledge money to come to us…
“If they come to us and say we’ll put £100 in, £1000 in, if the big players put in £100,000, £500,000, whatever it is, we want it pledged to the company.
“We need a pledge of £2.7m-plus to save Bury. If the company, Bury Football Club, needs the money and needs to use it, they’ll put up shares and pay 2.5 per cent interest on that money.”
