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Monday, May 25, 2009

Cherries To Seek PFA Help As Taxman Calls

Bournemouth are to seek PFA help to pay the wages for the second time this season with the taxman pushing for money it is owed.

While the club paid off a winding up petition over a £10,000 debt the taxman added itself to the petition, before it was dismissed in court, for £300,000 it has been owed for some time. That petition was adjourned and will now be heard on July 13th, but the club faces the prospect of losing players if it cannot cover the wages.

The players have received only 60% of April's wages, according to the Daily Echo, and the club has little prospect of paying May's wages, due at the end of this week, without the help of the PFA. They needed PFA help to cover wages in February, but have paid off that loan since. The paper reports that the wage bill, including PAYE due to the taxman, is up to £130,000 a month.