Extension of a week now in doubt. Crossan met the players last night and offered them just 50% of their wages. It was a very frosty and angry meeting by some accounts. Player goodwill has evaporated. Players have told Crossan it is either full pay, today, or they serve notice and walk. Many of them have offers, and want to be off and away.
When the RFU heard this, they backtracked on the offer of an extension, and the RFU meeting yesterday to decide what to recommend to the top dogs today at their meeting changed tack. It looks likely that unless players confirm they received full wages today, the RFU will go ahead with the suspension.
It appears the RFU have also not been given any financial details of the prospective buyers, or indeed details of who they are.
I suspect Crossan is now thinking, if he pays that 50%, it will have been 'wasted' and the RFU will go ahead and suspend Irish anyway. I also think he knows the game is up.
This BBC report is NOT totally accurate (in that it omits private, OTR, comments made by some players after the meeting with Crossan):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/65751962