CHESTER CITY owner Stephen Vaughan last night reacted angrily to an article that appeared on the PFA website on Friday.
It claimed that City players had not been paid and that the Football League had placed an embargo on the club, which would prevent them from signing players.
"I am extremely angry about this article and I am determined to find out why it was written and who authorised it," said Vaughan.
"We are in dispute with Tony Dinning and Paul Butler who we consider have acted in a way that is outside the remit of their contracts. This is what has possibly prompted the article.
"All the parties involved are aware that the matter is in the hands of our solicitors, who are dealing with the issues."
Vaughan added: "However, I think it is extremely disingenuous of the PFA to highlight this case on a public website and insinuate that all of our players have not been paid, which is totally untrue.
"We will be seeking an urgent meeting with the PFA and ask them for an explanation of why they see fit to place this information into the public arena."
Vaughan, who has backed Chester City financially since he purchased the club’s majority shareholding in 2002, resigned as a director of City at the end of last year, but he is still the largest shareholder.
"I resigned my directorship of the club in December 2007, having ploughed a substantial amount of money into the club," he said. "My thanks from a small percentage of supporters has been less than positive, but that’s football I suppose.
"I have retained my shareholding and undertaken to become the club’s main sponsor for the next five years. My company has taken over the club’s retail operations in an effort to increase revenues and I will support the club by financing the acquisition of five players this summer."
Vaughan added: My commitment to Chester City remains undiminished, but a And at a time when I am endeavouring to give employment to PFA members, it’s annoying this type of article emerges."
Meanwhile, Chester manager Simon Davies is due to have talks today with the former Accrington Stanley midfield players Jay Harris and David Mannix.
