The offer tabled by the Wanderers hierarchy on Monday was contingent on the A-League bottom team overcoming the might of Real Madrid in a case of fantasy football come to life and going on to win the final in Morocco in order to pick up half of the $6 million prize purse.

With the entire squad now in Rabat to prepare for Sunday's (AEDT) quarter-final against Mexican heavyweight Cruz Azul, Professional Footballers Association chief Adam Vivian declared that a resolution could still be found to ensure the Wanderers' participation but that the club must come to the negotiating table.

With the ultimate threat of a potential boycott still also a last-ditch option, Vivian said: "All the boys are saying is that they want a fair share of the prizemoney.

"They are not being belligerent or crass ... they are just saying let's sit down and talk.

"They want to find a win-win outcome. The last thing they want and the last thing we want is to have to pursue legal avenues.

"This is largely an issue between the club and the players on what is considered fair share of revenue. We have agreed through collective bargaining that it's between 30 and 50 per cent.

"Surely that's your starting ground. Ten per cent is really unprecedented."

The squad remains steadfast in its desire to push the club's opening gambit of a 10 per cent share of the initial $1.2 prizemoney to as close to 50 per cent as possible – regardless of how far they progress in the inter-continental competition.

Under the terms of the collective bargain agreement, Wanderers players received a 50-50 share of ACL prizemoney – and though the CWC falls outside those parameters they are determined to garner a similar slice of the pie with the activation of grievance procedures through Football Federation Australia the next step should a deal not be reached.

The club statement read: "The players' bonuses at the Club World Cup will not be limited to 10 per cent. This is an appearance payment which is not contingent on any wins and equates to over $120,000.

"Should the team win their opening match then the players would receive over $600,000 as a minimum for reaching the next round, $1,950,000 the round after that, and over $3,000,000 should they be ultimately successful.

"For their success in the Asian Champions League the players' share was over $950,000."

But Vivian countered: "That offer is more a clarification of the club's position. The players were already aware of that and from that perspective we haven't advanced things any further.

"The players are happy to use that offer as a starting point but no more. As things stand the players are willing to talk and the club is not willing to negotiate or move their position.

"The club right now are saying 'take it or leave it'."

Vivian insisted that the playing group only went to Morocco as a "sign of good faith", adding: "It's really important for them to go and do a job for the fans if they possibly can but at the same time them being there is by no means a guarantee of participation if an agreement is not reached."

The PFA wrote to the club on Friday on behalf of the players but is yet to receive a formal response and is expecting to have discussions with Wanderers bosses on Tuesday with an option of flying to Morocco late in the week still on the table.

Vivian said the players are also looking for clarification on what the club would spend its 90 per cent share of revenue on should it get its way, other than its statement that the cash would help fund a high performance training facility.

"The players bleed red and black and are committed to their club and their community," he said.

"If there is a way they can construct a fair and reasonable deal that would see that money go into community a deal can be reached."

Vivian said the players feel they are disappointed that they seemingly perceived by the club as less valuable stakeholders than they had imagined.

He added: "The growth and success of the club has been built around an incredible community atmosphere," he said.

"And the players are a big part of that. They know they have had a tough start to the A-League season and they are really keen to go there, take the pay dispute off the table and play well for their club."