I took from Clarke's interview that this was the first time it had happened, which would make it one month. I can't believe the players would have played all through May while still waiting on the April wages.
Are LOI players generally paid monthly, or every fortnight?
I thought that Clarke had spoken too soon? From what I understand the wages were delayed by a week rather than not paid.
Clarke said they were missing the wages for May. As noted by others, be they journalists or would-be, this isn't the first time wages have been late, but was the first time it went hand-in-hand with an apparent financial meltdown. The Sun reports today that "most" have been paid, but the squad want guarantees about future wages.
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A wage being delayed a week is not being paid.
Clarke spoke too soon on players being free to leave.
Again, the impression I got was that this was the first time they hadn't been paid (or, at least, paid within a couple of days of payday).
The bit about them being free to leave, as I interpreted it, was not a comment on the current state of their contracts based on unpaid wages. Rather, it referred to the future, and how the club is willing to just let them go in order to cut the wages for the rest of the season.
Yes, I meant that he spoke too soon about being able to leave.Originally Posted by micls
But a delayed wage is just not being paid on time. It means the hassle of direct debit bills being rescheduled and accounts going into overdraft. But, most of all it means that the players are still bound by their contracts and will have to suffer the worries of not getting paid for work that they're doing now, while trying to maintain a level of professionalism.
Limerick pulled the iron out of the fire this month and look like they're aiming to do so until the transfer window opens. Once again it's a horrible situation for players.
From what I could gather the club probably did say you are free to leave but like Bray last season the club will want a transfer fee for its star assests. No word on any departures from the club as yet, perhaps talks went better than expected with players?
They might soldier on until the transfer window opens in July I suppose.
I'm not sure that this Off the Ball interview makes things much clearly, but maybe clarifies the level of confusion that currently exists
https://www.limerickleader.ie/video/...s-turmoil.htmlLimerick Leader Sports Editor Donn O'Sullivan chatted to Off the Ball this afternoon about the ongoing wages issue at Limerick FC.
Both Limerick Leader Assistant sports editor Colm Kinsella and Limerick FC contributor Andrew Cunneen have been across this story for over a week. The club are yet to issue any formal statement, despite the involvement of the PFAI.
I suspect that when the transfer window opens Limerick will be looking to trim its wage bill (most likely be required to). No doubt they will look for fees but they wont have the strongest of bargaining positions so unless they can whip up some competition for a particular player(s) they may have to let them go.
We have some players that could get into other teams, but who do we have that anybody will pay a fee for? I doubt there is even one player.
I imagine we will be happy for somebody to agree to sign them without a fee, just so they are off the wage bill.
Therein lies the difference between "free to leave" and " negotiate with players".
The former assumes no possibility to seek a fee in any circumstance
Fran Gavin says everything's grand at Limerick,so it's prob not!
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...reland-season/
Investors, eh?
Sweet jesus. A reduced budget will have zero affect on all the other outstanding debts and running costs. Playing budget is usually the least of most clubs worries and only makes up a fraction of the overall costs.
What was that Windows 8 joke? "Warning, everything is fine!"
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Andrew Cuneen on Twitter claims wages are late again: https://mobile.twitter.com/Cunneen92...59301664296965
but....but... Fran said everything was fine
The RTE News article on the Bray strike made mention of a similar outcome being possible at Limerick, but gave no source or basis for such a claim. Things probably not quite as basket-caseish in Limerick, but not too far off it.
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Connected to all this, the WNL team, playing in their first season, has had to move their few remaining home games to Hogan Park: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/s...-new-home.html
I remember, at one of the meetings O'Sullivan hosted in Dublin about the club he spent a good long while talking about how he had personally negotiated with the LEDP to get the WNL team into the Market's Field, but he never said how much they had been asked to pay for the privilege. Whatever it was its unsustainable. Indeed, the WNL team itself might be unsustainable.
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