Cork City players asked to accept ‘slightly extended’ pay proposal

THE players at Cork City have been asked to accept a deal that will see their pay phased out over a “slightly extended period”.

The troubled League of Ireland Premier Division club, which narrowly avoided liquidation just over four weeks ago, has pledged that the players will be “paid in full” but while they have been holding out for the situation to be sorted out by December at the latest, the club is understood to be keen to push that deadline out to January.

If no agreement is reached on the matter, the players are believed to be keen to begin an all-out strike, something which had been a possibility prior to their Setanta Cup victory over Cliftonville last Saturday. But they were advised against this by PFAI secretary, Stephen McGuinness.