The Indian players of I-League champions Mohun Bagan want their due salaries to be cleared at the earliest and have written to the club management for the same.

It is learnt that the players have dues ranging from one month to three months.

The players have said they want at least a month’s salary by this week and the rest at the earliest. They have sought a deadline by which the officials would clear their dues in full, including performance bonuses, or they may seek the All India Football Federation’s intervention.

The club management has replied to them and said they are trying to make the payments as early as possible.

The club has assured the players that everyone will be paid their full salaries as per the contractual obligations and no pay cut will be made. The club also said that the performance bonus would be paid once the championship money from AIFF is received.

“The players have written to us. We will pay the players in full, including their incentives. Our sponsors are stuck in Mumbai and until the situation there improves, it will be difficult for them to pay us. We have been told that once the lockdown in Mumbai gets lifted, payments will be made within a week. As soon as we receive the money, we will release it to the players,” Bagan’s finance secretary Debasish Dutta said.

For the record, Quess East Bengal have terminated contracts with their players applying the force majeure clause. Some of the East Bengal footballers have sought help from the Football Players’ Association of India.