Leyton Orient staff urge FA and Football League to intervene over unpaid March wages

Unpaid: Orient staff are still waiting for their March wages and have called on the FA to step in
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Giuseppe Muro24 April 2017

Leyton Orient staff have called on the Football Association and the Football League to step in and demand answers from owner Francesco Becchetti about their unpaid wages.

Orient employees are still waiting for their wages for March - 24 days after the money was due in their accounts.

Crisis-hit Orient were relegated from the Football League on Saturday but staff want the EFL and the FA to intervene.

A statement on behalf of Orient employees said today: “Further to our previous statement dated April 19 where we appealed to the club’s board of directors, we have been met with a wall of silence.

“We are now on the 24th day of the month and are yet to receive a payment of wages for March, with April due in only four days’ time. We are extremely concerned about the ongoing situation given the effect of non-payment of mortgages and rent are already resulting in staff having to relocate.

“Due to this we appeal to the EFL and the Football Association to intervene on our behalf as the regulatory bodies in the sport and demand substantive answers from the club’s board.

“It was previously reported that the EFL met with directors of the club in March where the club’s plans until the end of the season were outlined and financial reassurances were given. Having failed to have these plans communicated to us as staff, or even see evidence of such plans during the intervening weeks, it reinforces our grave concern regarding the financial stability of the club or its ability to pay outstanding debts.

“With two weeks of the season left before we fall out of the remit of the EFL, we call on you to act immediately and without delay on our behalf.

“With the growing mismanagement of football clubs in general we feel your intervention is essential in order to safeguard ourselves, as well as other clubs who may find themselves in a similar situation in the future.”

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