UNION boss Maheta Molango insists players going unpaid at Sheffield Wednesday is “something we will not tolerate” but admits it will not be a straightforward decision for players to simply walk away from their contracts.

The PA news agency understands payments to players were missed again on Monday, and it has now been reported that some intend to terminate their contracts, citing the club being in breach of their obligations.

Wednesday are under a three-window fee restriction imposed by the EFL over late payments to players, a sanction the club have appealed against, and are also under a transfer embargo.

Owner Dejphon Chansiri is looking to sell the club but in the meantime, players are in limbo and in discussion with their agents and their union, the PFA, over what may happen next.

Molango admits it is not an easy situation for anyone.

“We have got a pattern of late payment,” he said.

“The standard contract foresees certain kinds of situations where you can terminate your contract and this is where there is a serious and/or persistent breach. So that’s what we’ll be looking at.

“We’ve been in touch with the players. Our role is not to tell them what they need to do, [it is] to give them the tools and say ‘this is what you could do if those criteria are met.’

“Then it is for them to assess what they want to do, because I wouldn’t take it for granted that just because certain criteria are met, automatically someone just terminates their contract. There are other considerations.

“We are in touch with them, it’s not an easy situation as you can imagine, because ultimately, you know, people need to be paid.

“Particularly for me it’s a bit shocking because normally this is stuff you see in other countries I have played in, but not in England.

“So we really want to be strong on that, and this is something that we will not tolerate and we will be very much on top of it.

“It’s not a good situation but we hope that somehow there could be a positive resolution to it.”