Talks have gone on for months between the Professional Football League (LFP) and the Spanish Footballers' Association (AFE) over the controversial 'wage fund' issue, with players wanting money set aside to pay them if their club hits financial difficulties.

Another meeting on Wednesday evening lasted until the early hours without coming to an agreement and the AFE have decided enough is enough.

A final meeting will be held on Monday, three days before the next La Liga assembly, and if no conclusion is reached the footballers will hold a general assembly and vote to strike.

"There's already been 10 meetings," said AFE president Gerardo Gonzalez Movilla. "I trust that Monday it will be sorted. The image of Spanish football is at stake.

"You can't sign a contract and then not fulfil it.

"It's obvious that the clubs who have signed it are with the AFE. And we know that the Government are also predisposed to it.

"It cannot be left like this by those who aren't satisfied by it being signed."

Since the first agreement between the LFP and AFE in 1987, footballers have had their salaries guaranteed even if the club were relegated because of unpaid debts.

However, that assurance disappeared when the contract was not renewed in 2004 and when the Ley Concursal (Bankruptcy Act), which allows clubs to save themselves from relegation by paying as little as 50% of their debts, was introduced.

Those circumstances led to the saga with Levante last season when their players twice threatened to strike over the non-payment of wages.

"There are various ways of facing the Ley Concursal," continued Movilla. "Sporting de Gijon went into bankruptcy but nevertheless complied. They paid 100% of their contracts.

"And things went well for them - now they're in the Primera Liga.

"Others, however, have posted on their web pages that they are now safe from relegation."