Former Arsenal, Barcelona and West Ham United midfielder Alex Song is still owed £7.9million by one of Russia’s World Cup hosts Rubin Kazan.

Telegraph Sport revealed last December that Rubin - whose stadium is is staging World Cup group games and a last-16 and quarter-final match - had not paid their players for four months.

Song was one of a number of players whose contract was terminated for non-payment by Fifa and the world’s governing body are also threatening Rubin with footballing sanctions, including future expulsion from European competition.

But, having turned down a settlement offer of £2.2m, Song has now not been paid for 10 months and is yet to have his old contract, which is worth £7.9m, paid up.

Song is a free agent under Fifa rules and is training on his own in his home country of Cameroon. The 30-year-old already has offers from clubs to join during the summer, but is concerned that Rubin are yet to pay him any of the money owed.