KIDDERMINSTER Harriers’ top-scorer Chris McPhee is hoping the future of the club can be sorted out quickly.

Following the collapse of the Chris Swan takeover earlier in the week, the Aggborough club are on the verge of administration.

Staff and players have not been paid for January and revenue from today’s Blue Square Bet Premier home clash with Bath City (3pm) is unlikely to cover the wages.

With a winding-up petition from HM Revenue and Customs to be heard on February 23, time is running out for the team that is chasing promotion to the Football League.

McPhee, who has been through this before with Weymouth, admits when players haven’t got a game to focus on morale can be low.

“It is OK when we are thinking about a game,” said McPhee, who joined Harriers after becoming a free agent from Terras through non-payment of wages. “When the players have got a break, taking a drink between sessions or in the dressing room, we are distracted by what is going on off the pitch.

“We all want to see the future of the club sorted out very quickly because, on the pitch, we all believe we are going places.”

McPhee turned down a five-figure move to League Two side Hereford United on transfer deadline day and, while the money would have been useful for the cash-strapped club, he said he stayed because he believes in what manager Steve Burr is trying to do on the field.

However, the versatile player says the players could get together on Monday to discuss their options, including contacting the Professional Footballers Association.

“At Weymouth, after we hadn’t been paid for around seven weeks we gave the club two weeks’ notice,” he said.

“After that we all became free agents. Depending on what we are told this weekend, I think the players will discuss our options.”