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Wanderers are expected to ask players and staff to defer their wages at a crunch pay meeting today.
Trevor Birch is likely to confirm to Neil Lennon and his squad that at least part of their November salaries will be paid by the end of this month – which will avoid a potential walk-out in January.
The PFA are also likely to contribute a percentage but The Bolton News understands the players and coaching staff could be left waiting for their December pay indefinitely as talks to sell the club continue.
Lennon confirmed after Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Fulham: “There is a meeting with the PFA on Monday. We are going to get a percentage of our wages and hopefully those will be made up somewhere else down the line.
“We don't really talk about it. But something will come out of the meeting.
“It is not overly affecting them. But it is bound to eke away at them.”
It had been feared that players could leave for nothing in January if Wanderers failed to pay wages for two consecutive months, which would leave them in breach of contract.
Administration is also looking less likely as progress is being made behind the scenes in the potential takeover.
On the field there are a few signs of life too, with Wanderers denied a second victory of the season by Ross McCormack’s late equaliser for Fulham on Saturday.
Lennon refuses to give up despite his side going into Christmas bottom of the table.
“There are a lot of games left,” he said. “We keep waiting for the win and banging on the door. I keep on believing we can do it.
“It is not a nice feeling. It's been three months since a win. We have lost fewer games than teams above us.”
The feeling is echoed in the dressing room, where Liam Feeney says financial troubles have potentially made the squad come closer together.
“We’re not focusing on it,” he told The Bolton News. “We can’t affect it.
“I’d rather take heart from the last two games rather than stuff in the press that we can’t control.
“I think we’ve worked hard the whole time. Maybe the situation has galvanised the squad a little bit.
“Without sounding repetitive, we’ve had our fair share of bad luck in the games we’ve played this season and things go against us.
“We had to believe that these things will balance out and that things will turn for us. Hopefully we will get a break now and we can get on a run.”
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Trevor Birch is likely to confirm to Neil Lennon and his squad that at least part of their November salaries will be paid by the end of this month – which will avoid a potential walk-out in January.
The PFA are also likely to contribute a percentage but The Bolton News understands the players and coaching staff could be left waiting for their December pay indefinitely as talks to sell the club continue.
Lennon confirmed after Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Fulham: “There is a meeting with the PFA on Monday. We are going to get a percentage of our wages and hopefully those will be made up somewhere else down the line.
“We don't really talk about it. But something will come out of the meeting.
“It is not overly affecting them. But it is bound to eke away at them.”
It had been feared that players could leave for nothing in January if Wanderers failed to pay wages for two consecutive months, which would leave them in breach of contract.
Administration is also looking less likely as progress is being made behind the scenes in the potential takeover.
On the field there are a few signs of life too, with Wanderers denied a second victory of the season by Ross McCormack’s late equaliser for Fulham on Saturday.
Lennon refuses to give up despite his side going into Christmas bottom of the table.
“There are a lot of games left,” he said. “We keep waiting for the win and banging on the door. I keep on believing we can do it.
“It is not a nice feeling. It's been three months since a win. We have lost fewer games than teams above us.”
The feeling is echoed in the dressing room, where Liam Feeney says financial troubles have potentially made the squad come closer together.
“We’re not focusing on it,” he told The Bolton News. “We can’t affect it.
“I’d rather take heart from the last two games rather than stuff in the press that we can’t control.
“I think we’ve worked hard the whole time. Maybe the situation has galvanised the squad a little bit.
“Without sounding repetitive, we’ve had our fair share of bad luck in the games we’ve played this season and things go against us.
“We had to believe that these things will balance out and that things will turn for us. Hopefully we will get a break now and we can get on a run.”
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