The Scottish Football League has written to Livingston about the late payment of players' wages.

However, the SFL will not intervene in the suspension of manager Paul Hegarty and his assistant Graham Robertson.

SFL chief executive David Longmuir told BBC Scotland: "We've written to the club highlighting communications we've received relating to late wages."

The Almondvale club have been asked to respond in advance of the SFL meeting on 7 May.

Hegarty and Robertson were denied entry to the club's Almondvale stadium on Monday after being suspended by the club on Saturday evening.

Concerned Livingston players have contacted the league's governing body regarding Hegarty's situation, in addition to raising concerns over the late payment of wages.

A manager is different - we have no contract with managers, therefore we don't have any control over their situation SFL chief executive David Longmuir

The SFL wants an update on the situation from the club.

"Our next management committee meeting is on 7 May, and we wrote to the club asking them to tell us in advance of that meeting to bring us up to date," said Longmuir.

"We informed the club they could advise us in writing, and we also invited them to come and talk to us about the matter."

The SFL has concerns over the players' wage situation as it holds the registration of all SFL players, but has no jurisdiction over the suspension of Hegarty and Robertson.

Longmuir added: "A manager is different - we have no contract with managers, therefore we don't have any control over their situation."

Livingston chairman Angelo Massone is currently in Italy and is not due to return until Thursday 7 May.

Hegarty signed an 18-month deal to take over at Almondvale in December, having replaced the sacked Roberto Landi.

The former Dundee United manager has not yet commented on his suspension, but it has been made clear that he will not manage the First Division outfit again.

Massone told BBC Scotland on Sunday he had been unhappy with the team's recent performances and said Hegarty would be the subject of an internal investigation, without specifying the matter under scrutiny.

Livingston sit sixth in the First Division table, with two matches of the season still to play.

They were in fifth place - six points off top spot - when Hegarty, who had short spells in charge at Dundee United and Aberdeen, assumed control of the first team.

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