THE majority of Southend United’s players are still waiting to pick up their pay packets for June.

The Blues squad should have received their salaries on Friday.

But most of Kevin Maher’s side did not get paid and have held talks among themselves to discuss their next course of action at the crisis hit club.

Full-time office staff were also not paid ahead of the weekend and many of them have now not received their salaries for three months while members of Maher's backroom team have not been paid for two.

Blues are still restricted by a transfer embargo - which has been in place since September - and are unable to bring in new signings or offer existing players contracts unless the squad size drops below 16.

The Kimura group remain in talks to buy the Shrimpers but Echosport has been told progress has been ‘slow-going’ after it initially seemed a deal was close to being completed.