The article implies its the 2nd of these payments which is due and that would have been due after 30 apps, he has just made his 35th app on saturday, so were only talking a couple of weeks ago. Probably our fault games have been posponed as they were waiting for him to play as they are so desperate for the money.
This might imply that the payment fell due during the period between boards, when effectively no-one was in charge. If the money was due though, it should have been paid on time. The Ritchie money was in the account to tide over interim costs.
