FOOTBALL Federation Australia expects Brisbane Roar players to be paid the remainder of their overdue monthly wages on Monday.

It’s understood FFA and the Roar’s Queensland-based officials have been given assurances by club owners, Indonesian conglomerate the Bakrie Group, that the squad will receive what’s owed to them today after receiving only 50 per cent of their monthly pay last Monday.

Wages had been due the Saturday before, and it was expected the rest of the money would have been in players’ bank accounts by last Friday.

However, when the money did not arrive, FFA wrote to the Bakrie Group to seek “formal assurance about the timing of the outstanding payments”.

While player payments are expected today, some of the club’s other staff may have to wait longer for the rest of their wages.

Some staff were paid as little as 20 per cent of their monthly wage last Monday.

Roar chairman Chris Fong has been in France negotiating the sale of the club — which last week avoided Supreme Court action by paying a debt of more than $60,000 to former landlords the Queensland Rugby Union — to a consortium of overseas and Australian investors.

It’s believed the sale may not be finalised for at least another three weeks.

But FFA — which is already running Newcastle after stripping Nathan Tinkler of the Jets’ licence — remain under pressure from players’ union Professional Footballers Australia and angry Brisbane supporters to take control of the embattled Roar before then.

Even if the Roar players receive their rest of their pay before the close of business today, the PFA are expected to make an announcement, believing that the current situation can no longer be tolerated.