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Major lender Johnson Controls was earmarked to pay the required $15.5 million to cover the ATO debts, and AAP understands the funding was set to come through by Wednesday’s deadline.<\/p>\n
AAP has contacted Western United and the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) for comment.<\/p>\n
At the December hearing, it was noted Lederer Group Pty Ltd had also proposed to step in with further funding.<\/p>\n
The founder of Lederer Group is billionaire Paul Lederer, who recently returned to his post as Western Sydney<\/a> Wanderers chairman.<\/p>\n The road ahead remains unclear for the beleaguered club.<\/p>\n United have no players and few staff on the books as they sit out the ongoing season.<\/p>\n Facing a tax bill amid concerns over unpaid wages and superannuation — and while under a FIFA registration ban — Western were stripped of their A-Leagues licence by Football Australia (FA) in August.<\/p>\n The wind-up order followed, and men’s and women’s players and staff were all left in limbo and unable to attempt to find new clubs until the APL put the club into hibernation on September 6.<\/p>\n Multiple men’s and women’s players had to relocate interstate to continue their careers while others missed out on professional contracts altogether.<\/p>\n It is unclear how many players would be keen to return to or join Western if they were able to revive their teams, given the protracted uncertainty they were put through.<\/p>\n Former Western ALW midfielder Adriana Taranto<\/a>, who now plays at Adelaide, told AAP in October the players were “very much let down with how the club went about it”.<\/p>\nWestern United’s home base in Tarneit.\u00a0Morgan Hancock\/Getty Images<\/p>\n