ROAR chairman Chris Fong has left Brisbane for emergency meetings with club owners the Bakrie Group to determine the immediate future of the financially embattled three-time A-League champions.

While Roar players returned to training on Thursday to prepare for their June 3 friendly against Spanish club Villarreal, Fong temporarily departed the scene to meet with his superiors in Indonesia.

Football Federation Australia want clarity from the Bakrie Group — a Jakarta-based conglomerate — about their plans for the Roar, and are expecting answers from Fong when he returns next week.

A Reuters report from October last year stated the Bakrie Group had an $US8 billion ($A9.905 billion) debt.

The Roar are facing a loss of more than $2.25 million for the 2014-2015 financial year and plan to cut spending next season to reduce their annual loss by more than $1.8 million, according to a club document last week obtained by The Courier-Mail.

The club is also understood to be behind in Suncorp Stadium rental payments, as well as catering and agents’ fees, while The Coffee Club will reconsider its annual $650,000 major sponsorship when the current deal ends on June 30.

Brisbane players will be paid on Friday, but it’s believed other staff at the club are still awaiting their wages.

Football director Ken Stead and managing director Sean Dobson have both parted ways with the club.

The sport’s national governing body is ready to take over the running of the club, as they did in 2010 and 2011, and provide administration and coaching staff if required.

It’s believed Fong will also search for other potential investors while in Indonesia.

A local group remain interested in buying into the Roar, but do not want the Bakrie Group to have a majority share in the ownership structure and want them to clear the club’s debts before making an investment commitment.

Roar patron Gary Wilkins was adamant the club would recover from their current financial crisis and called for previous owners — Luxury Paints pair Claude and Serge Baradel, and Coffee Club magnates Emmanuel Drivas and Emmanuel Kokoris — to again become Roar shareholders.

The Roar squad was taken through their paces on Thursday by interim coach Frans Thijssen, and his assistants Rado Vidosic and Jeff Hopkins.

Senior trio Matt McKay, Michael Theo and Shane Stefanutto met with Fong on Wednesday afternoon, with the chairman attempting to reassure them about the club’s future.

Former Roar skipper Matt Smith, sold by Brisbane to Thai club Bangkok Glass, said he was surprised by the departures of Stead and Dobson, but believed the club’s future would be rosy.

“I am confident that Chris Fong and the Bakrie family will continue to strive for high levels of success in all competitions on and off the pitch,” Smith said.