THE rise of Salford City has been rapid since they received the financial backing of five former Manchester United players.

However, Cieron Keane insists it is about time Worcester City brought the National League North new boys “down a few pegs” when they meet at Moor Lane tomorrow (3pm).

Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and Gary and Phil Neville, known as the Class of 92, took over the ownership of Salford in 2014 with Singapore businessman Peter Lim also claiming a 50 per cent stake.

As well as securing a television series documenting the trials and tribulations of running a non-league football club, Salford have been successful on the pitch, achieving back-to-back promotions.

They are now eighth in the sixth tier, eight points ahead of 12th placed Worcester, and have submitted ambitious proposals for a 5,000-capacity stadium.

But Keane said Worcester were determined to put a dent in the co-owners’ lofty plans by clinching victory.

“As we are lower than them in the league, they may think it’s going to be a stroll in the park,” said the 20-year-old, whose side beat AFC Telford United 2-1 last weekend.

“But, if we do what we did last Saturday and attack the way we can, we can beat any team.

“Salford may have these rich ex-footballer owners but we want to go there and bring them down a few pegs.

“That would be the best thing that could happen and I think we have got the talent in the team to do it.”

Worcester have won three of their last four games, scoring 10 times, and left midfielder Keane is confident they can continue their goal-scoring form.

“We don’t really look at the opponents and think, ‘Let’s change our game for them’,” he added.

“We know what we are good at and that’s getting the ball out wide, putting crosses into the box and getting numbers forward.

“We always seem to create a lot of chances and score goals, which is really good to have as a team because when you iron out all the mistakes we were making at the start of the season you start picking up points.

“When we are all firing, we are a real force going forward.

“We get the odd bad result like we did at Darlington (5-1 defeat) but that’s because we are so open and attack-minded, so sometimes you can get caught out at the other end.

“But that’s very rare, so hopefully we can go to Salford, get another three points and go on another run.”