Dutch midfielder Royston Drenthe, on loan from Real Madrid to fellow Primera Liga side Hercules, is reportedly refusing to return to his new team unless he receives months of unpaid wages.

“If they don’t find a solution for my pay I will go back to Real Madrid to train and regain my strength,” Drenthe said in an interview with Spanish sports daily Marca while in Rotterdam.

“Of the six months I have been here they have only paid me for one, and they owe me five. I have a lot of expenses and I cannot work without pay,” said Drenthe, who is on loan for the 2010-2011 season.

“At Hercules they have given me a lot of talk but no action. Until there is action, I am not going back. I love the Hercules fans but this is not right.”

Hercules captain Joaquin Rufete said pay problems at the Alicante-based team were no secret.

“But we have to train because the team comes before anything else,” Rufete told the paper.

Hercules admit that they owe players wages for November and December but say they will be able to pay salaries in mid-January when they receive expected income, according to the Spanish press.

Other Spanish clubs face similar problems with salary payments, apparently feeding tensions between the Spanish Players’ Association and the Professional Football League.