MIKE Flynn today revealed Barry Town still owe him £2,000 despite having moved to Wigan Athletic five months ago - sparking major fears that the cash crisis in Welsh football is deepening.

Newport-born Flynn (pictured in his County days), who branded Barry as "unprofessional" for the way they have dealt with his situation, is still awaiting his P45 tax form from the Welsh double-winners, resulting in his being emergency taxed since joining Second Division Wigan in June and preventing him buying a house near his new club.

The Argus exclusively reported yesterday that Barry, the Welsh Premier League's flagship team, still owe Newport County £10,000 as the Exiles added a sell-on clause into a deal when they transferred Flynn to the Jenner Park club.

County have threatened legal action against the Dragons in an attempt to get their cash - and the Dr Martens Premier League outfit, whose lawyers served Barry with a Statutory Demand on October 31, insist they'll issue a winding-up order if Town don't pay up.

Flynn originally played for County but joined Barry in November 2000 and though it was on a free transfer, the Exiles added a sell-on clause.

This entitles them to 40% of any subsequent transfer fee or £10,000, whichever was the greater. Now, five months after the 21-year-old's £15,000 move to the JJB Stadium, Wales' top club side still haven't paid County.

Flynn fumed: "Barry still owe me £2,000 in wages and bonuses.

"And they still haven't sent me my P45 so I have been getting emergency taxed ever since I joined Wigan.

"That is causing me immense difficulty because I'm trying to buy a house in the town, but I don't actually know how much I will take home because of the emergency tax.

"I have been renting a house since I joined Wigan but now I want to buy. Wigan, on my behalf, have sent numerous letters to Barry, the Welsh FA and the Football League but the club haven't done anything.

"Barry have handled this situation very unprofessionally which is very disappointing for me because I loved my time at Jenner Park."

However, Barry chairman Kevin Green, who vowed both parties would get their cash, blamed the delay on the starvation of funds from the Football Association of Wales to Welsh Premier League clubs.

A BBC Wales documentary last week accused the FAW of being an inept governing body which had kept money matters virtually secret from Welsh clubs desperate for finances and Green blasted "that said it all."

The programme claimed the FAW had invested £2.5 million in the stock market, had £1.8 million earning interest in the bank yet had witheld a £130,000 UEFA grant from the 18 Welsh Premier clubs - accusations the FAW refute.

Green slammed: "We have got a financial problem, as has every club in the country apart from those top English Premiership clubs. We are being starved of funds at the top level, but needless to say this situation with Newport County and Mike Flynn will be resolved soon."

FAW chief and Welsh Premier League secretary John Deakin hit-back at rumblings of a cash crisis in Welsh football, snapping: "We can't give clubs money we haven't got.

"We do not owe Barry Town, or any other Welsh Premier League club for that matter, anything. All the money we have we dish out to our member clubs."

Deakin added: "This current situation is a matter to be resolved between the two clubs, but if the FAW had a role to play it would be in a conciliatory capacity. Certainly we would look at stepping in to try to prevent Newport from issuing Barry with a winding up order."