Salford Red Devils chief operating officer quits alleging she was told to 'sleep with individual' at RFL

• Claire Bradbury accused club ownership of misogyny

• Salford to conduct thorough internal investigation

Salford Red Devils will launch an internal investigation after their chief operating officer resigned alleging she had been subject to "misogynistic language" and told to "sleep with an individual at the RFL" by the club's owners to alleviate their financial crisis.

The Red Devils remain in trouble on and off the field, six months on from a takeover by a consortium led by businessman Dario Berta. Players and staff have repeatedly been paid late, the majority of their first-team squad have left and the club are in court next month to face an unpaid tax bill of almost £700,000.