There will be no more big signings if Sarries go down

Saracens owner Nigel Wray admits the club will lose all their international stars if they drop out of the Zurich Premiership.

The Watford-based outfit are currently ninth in the table, but only a point above bottom side Bristol with three games remaining.

England pair Kyran Bracken and Richard Hill, French trio Thomas Castaignede, Christian Califano and Abdel Benazzi, Australian Tim Horan and Wales' Tom Shanklin would all be forced to leave if Sarries are relegated.

"There would be a loss of jobs all round and that would certainly include our big-name players," Wray admitted.

"They would all have to be sold off because there is no way we would be able to pay their wages."

Saracens face fellow relegation candidates Bristol at Vicarage Road on Tuesday.

And Castaignede, Hill, Bracken and Horan are all doubtful with injuries for a match crucial to Sarries' hopes of survival.

But regardless of whether they stay off the bottom spot, Wray believes relegation should be scrapped and the Premiership expanded to include promoted Rotherham.

He will push his case at a meeting of Premiership club owners on Tuesday.

"I still don't believe there will be relegation," Wray added. "The simple solution is for the Premiership to be expanded by one, which would allow Rotherham to join us."