Crisis has besieged Charlton since Roland Duchatelet took over four years ago

The latest issue has emerged over staff bonuses of up to 10 per cent of salaries

There have been a number of cost-cutting measures enforced at The Valley

Charlton Athletic are set for mutiny as staff consider legal action against owner Roland Duchatelet over unpaid bonuses.

Sportsmail understands the controversial Belgian has reneged on a promise to pay 10 per cent of salaries if specific targets were met across all areas of the club.

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Employees are believed to have worked around the clock to secure the bonus, which some argue would have brought their pay up to a barely acceptable wage.

Sportsmail understands Roland Duchatelet has reneged on promises over staff bonuses

Targets were hit and Duchatelet's broken promise has shattered the already plummeted morale of staff, who await news of a takeover by an Australian consortium that has dragged on for months.

Crisis has besieged Charlton since Duchatelet took over four years ago, with the Addicks losing around £10million per season.

Cost cutting has gone so far that Sportsmail understands Charlton are not even buying paper towels for the toilets at The Valley. Cleaners have had their hours cut, meaning staff are ordered to eat lunch away from their desks.

Lieven de Turck has been drafted in by Duchatelet to provide a barrier to expenditure wherever possible, while also representing the club in takeover discussions.

Lee Bowyer's Charlton team have four points from the opening three League One games

Those who leave the club are not replaced, stretching resources to the limit, while water and food is being rationed at the club's training ground.

Academy players are not being afforded free water, with supporters embarrassingly having to donate bottles themselves.

Lee Bowyer's team have four points from the opening three games of the season in League One.

Fans' group The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet, which is campaigning to remove the controversial owner from Charlton, released a statement in response to Sportsmail's story.

CARD suggested it will take further action against Duchatelet in order to ensure staff are paid what they are owed.

The statement read: 'The Coalition Against Roland Duchatelet welcomes the fact that Charlton Athletic’s dispute with a significant number of its own non-football staff is now public knowledge, following the article in this morning’s Daily Mail.

'CARD believes that most Addicks fans would want to give moral and practical support to these relatively modestly paid employees who have been denied meaningful sums of money that they have earned simply to suit the millionaire Duchatelet’s cost-cutting agenda, which is impinging on all areas of the club.

'Although our objective is to se Duchatelet gone, the most important consideration in this case is to see the Charlton staff treated fairly and lawfully. Therefore, we are ready to take any practical steps available to support the staff and to encourage other fans to join us.

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'We invite the club – and in particular its directors, Duchatelet and Richard Murray – to respond to staff, and publicly, in the next 48 hours before we announce any further action.'

CARD's statement in response to Sportmail's story suggested they would take action

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