Notts County have suffered fresh financial turmoil after players and staff were not paid their June salaries.
Payday at the club was on Friday, but staff awoke to find no money had been deposited into their accounts.
It is understood chairman Alan Hardy told staff in a meeting yesterday afternoon that he hopes to pay them next week.
Manager Neal Ardley is believed to have addressed the players who could receive help from the Professional Footballers’ Association.
They are understood to monitoring events closely and could step in to pay salaries should the club’s cashflow problems not be resolved.
The Post had asked the club for comment yesterday morning, but, at the time of going to press, there had been no response.
The Labour MP Lilian Greenwood has been made aware of events and met with Hardy yesterday.
Ms Greenwood had hoped to gain clarity over the club’s future and the latest regarding the progress of a takeover.
The MP for Nottingham South had made a request to Hardy to allow representatives of key supporters’ groups to be present but it was declined.
As anger and anxiety continues to grow, fans are now set to organise a protest in another attempt to get answers.
A Facebook group was created and shared on social media which currently has more than 500 members.
Fans are now set to descend on Meadow Lane next Saturday, although the team are due to play their first pre-season friendly of the summer at Nuneaton.
They are getting increasingly fractious over the club’s fate particularly as they are back in the High Court on July 10 over an unpaid tax bill said to be around £250,000.
The club is also yet to clarify its position in respect of a consortium including Alex May, who was previously known as Alick Kapikanya, a convicted fraudster who was jailed in 2014 for conning the elderly.
A spokesman for the group’s hired PR firm, Phil Hall Associates, confirmed that talks over a £5m takeover deal were ongoing. Fans want talks to cease immediately.
A South African consortium is also interested in the club but the ill health of frontman Terry Pritchard has reportedly delayed progress.
With fears about Notts’ finances continuing to rise ahead of the new season, the National League said they are not willing to comment on the club at this stage.
