UPDATE: BRISBANE Roar’s failure to pay bills has cost them the services of their medical staff.

The Roar were hit with the shattering news on Tuesday night that their medicos were quitting the club due to non-payment.

The blow came just hours after the Roar’s Indonesian owner Nirwan Bakrie was granted an extension by Football Federation Australia to prove his commitment to the A-League club.

The Courier-Mail has learnt that Allsports director Tony Ganter told the Roar that due to payment being overdue by 30 days, his company will cease to service the club when the A-League squad finishes its post-season training program at the end of the week.

It will have an immediate affect on the club’s youth team, currently playing in the NPL Queensland competition.

It’s understood it could also leave the club in breach of the A-League’s collective bargaining agreement due to a failure to meet minimum medical standards.

Ganter and his medical staff worked wonders with the Roar in the recently completed season following the club’s maligned and under-resourced medical program in previous campaigns.

Among Ganter’s success stories was veteran defender Jade North, who played every minute of every Roar match this season after struggling with injury the previous campaign.

Bakrie had earlier been granted the extension he sought from FFA to answer concerns about Roar finances and the club’s failure to replace departed chief executive David Pourre.

The new deadline is next Monday 5pm, when FFA expects a detailed outline of the Bakrie Group’s plans for the club.

But perhaps the more crucial date is June 15, this month’s pay day when the Bakrie Group has to commit at least $500,000 towards player and staff wages.

“The Bakrie Group has been granted an extension of time to provide a comprehensive response to FFA’s concerns about the management and financial position of the Brisbane Roar,” an FFA spokesman said.

“FFA has made it clear to the Bakrie Group that it needs to urgently demonstrate its capacity to rectify the Brisbane Roar’s situation.”