Three more first-team players have accepted severance packages from Histon as the club look to manage their financial problems.

Jamie Barker, John Kennedy and Craig Pope have each agreed to leave the Glass World stadium.

Barker told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "It was a difficult decision to make as I was a first-team regular, as were the other lads.

"But I didn't want to be somewhere where I wasn't wanted."

Manager Steve Fallon was suspended last Tuesday after a dispute over how to approach restructuring the club's wage bill.

Midfielder Neil Andrews then left the club on Thursday after over a decade at the Glass World.

And Barker, Kennedy and Pope each had contracts running through until the end of the season.

"We could have stayed and [chairman] Tony Roach said he was happy to pay us until the end of the season," Barker continued.

"But we have since found out we had been left out of the squad for the weekend and I wouldn't have wanted that to become a regular thing."

Histon defender Pope had previously retired from football last year after he was handed a four match ban for racial abuse.

But Histon's troubles would look to have come at a good time for neighbours Cambridge City, who currently lie third in the Southern Premier league.

Barker has confirmed he is close to completing a move to Milton Road, whilst Kennedy and Pope could also follow suit.

"I'm going to sign for City and the paper work will be completed once my contract at Histon is cancelled," Barker said.

"I'm looking forward to playing for City, but I'm just disappointed with the way it's come about."

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