Leyton Orient staff and players paid March salaries - Sky sources
Tuesday 5 November 2019 13:33, UK
Leyton Orient have paid their players and staff their March salaries, according to Sky sources.
Players and staff members at the League Two club had failed to receive their wages for March and are due to receive their wages for April on Friday.
Such is the gravity of the current predicament for the relegated club, certain members of the Orient staff have been forced to relocate from their homes, with Francesco Becchetti not attending matches.
Leyton Orient staff have accused the club's owners of failing to respond to repeated requests to pay them their wages for March and plead with the FA and EFL to take action and intervene.
The EFL responded issuing a statement where they spoke of being "exceptionally concerned" at the state of affairs at the east London club and insisted they would do all in their power to support the club.
Orient dropped out of the Football League after 112 years on Saturday, a 3-0 defeat away at Crewe consigning them to relegation.
Earlier on Monday, Barry Hearn resigned from his position as Leyton Orient honorary life president, citing current owner Becchetti as the cause.
Since July 2014 Italian businessman Becchetti has overseen the club's dramatic slide from League One to the National League.
