Thursday, January 29, 2009

Players consider Livi wage strike

By Brian McLauchlin

Livingston chairman Angelo Massone
Massone is returning from Italy to address concerns at the club

Livingston players may refuse to play in Saturday's home league match against Ross County after the club failed to pay their wages.

An un-named player told BBC Scotland that the West Lothian club have assured players their wages will be paid by the following Monday.

He also said that this was the fifth time in seven months that the club have failed to pay players on time.

The club, who sit fourth in the First Division, are refusing to comment.

Livingston chairman Angelo Massone is currently in Italy, but is thought to be returning to Livingston soon to clarify the situation.

He is part of an Italian consortium that bought the club last summer.

Massone sacked team manager Roberto Landi after just five months in the job, with the club in fifth place, six points off the pace in the First Division.

Paul Hegarty was appointed Landi's successor at the beginning of December.

Concerns about the club's financial health have been raised, but Massone has sought to allay those fears.

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