As I pointed out on another thread, Sarcevic played for Salford manager Graham Alexander at Fleetwood and scored the winner at Wembley when they were promoted in 2014. It's no surprise at all that he's a target for them, given that:
a. They can sign him on a free
b. He's from just down the road, so fits the brief of Gary Neville's north-west 'DNA' ethos
c. He's just won promotion from the division they're trying to get out of
d. He's very likely to be voted player of the year in a promotion-winning side
For Sarce, he gets to move back 'home' and almost certainly win another promotion. Salford will recruit heavily in anticipation of the rumoured salary cap, which presumably clubs will have at least a season to fall in line with.
I think we're nailed-on to lose our Player of the Year for the third season out of the last four, though I don't think we'll miss this one as much as we did the last two.