{"id":297047,"date":"2023-12-03T18:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297047"},"modified":"2023-12-03T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T18:24:15","slug":"reading-duo-selles-and-bowen-forfeit-their-wages-in-bid-to-help-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/reading-duo-selles-and-bowen-forfeit-their-wages-in-bid-to-help-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading duo Selles and Bowen forfeit their wages in bid to help staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Reading boss Ruben Selles and head of football operations Mark Bowen forfeit their wages until staff at the crisis club receive their November pay in full<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reading fans staged protest against their owner Dai Yongge during Cup defeat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The club have failed to pay players and have been dealt points deductions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>We expected perfection from VAR &#8211; we haven&#8217;t got it: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reading boss Ruben Selles and head of football operations Mark Bowen have forfeited their wages until staff at the club receive their November pay in full.<\/p>\n<p>The League One crisis club prioritised paying its players last week to avoid another points deduction but staff only received 50 per cent of their monthly wage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was not enough funding coming into the club this month to pay the wages in full,&#8217; Bowen said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The chief executive made a decision to pay the players and stop us getting another points deduction and there was a percentage paid to the rest of the staff. Myself and Ruben decided we would forfeit all our wages until the staff are paid in full.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve been told the funds will arrive and everything will be settled by early next week.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78525475-12820371-Reading_boss_Ruben_Selles_has_forfeited_his_wages_in_bid_to_help-a-40_1701625728960.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Reading boss Ruben Selles has\u00a0forfeited his wages in bid to help club staff receive their pay<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78523321-12820371-image-a-41_1701625728961.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Reading fans disrupted their FA Cup match against Eastleigh by throwing tennis balls and fake money onto the pitch<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Reading have been deducted four points this season and a total of 16 points over the last three seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reading fans staged another protest against their owner Dai Yongge live on ITV during the 2-1 FA Cup defeat at non-league Eastleigh on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>A series of points deductions and unpaid wages from the club have left them in turmoil, with the former Premier League side destined for relegation to League Two.<\/p>\n<p>The supporters launched tennis balls and fake money onto the field in Hampshire during the 16th minute of the game, causing a lengthy delay as stewards cleaned up the mess.<\/p>\n<p>Yongge is in the process of selling the club and is in talks with Luxembourg-based hedge funders Genevra Associates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/17\/78525553-12820371-League_One_Reading_were_beaten_2_1_in_the_FA_Cup_at_non_league_E-a-42_1701625728962.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>League One side Reading were beaten 2-1 in the FA Cup at non-league Eastleigh on Sunday<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12820371\/Reading-boss-Ruben-Selles-head-football-operations-Mark-Bowen-forfeit-wages-staff-club-receive-November-pay-full.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Reading boss Ruben Selles and head of football operations Mark Bowen forfeit their wages until staff at the crisis club receive their November pay in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/reading-duo-selles-and-bowen-forfeit-their-wages-in-bid-to-help-staff\/\" title=\"Reading duo Selles and Bowen forfeit their wages in bid to help staff\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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