Australian media are reporting that exiled Rebels Motorcycle Club boss Alex Vella is earning more than €100,000 per year for leasing out the clubhouse, leading to discontentment that members have to pay towards his attempts to fight against his Australian visa cancellation despite his considerable wealth.

Alex Vella, president of the Rebels Motorcycle Club, is in exile in Malta after having his visa cancelled in 2014.

Australia’s The Age reported that Vella is leasing out the national clubhouse for more than €100,000 a year after police put an end to the bikie haunt of almost 30 years.

It follows years of members pouring in their fees and contributions, supposedly to pay off the land.

The closure of the Leppington clubhouse and the income generated from its lease comes as members dismayed at the gang's hierarchy continue to "patch out", or leave, the club.

The sprawling clubhouse, which has served as a Rebels OMCG institution since the 1990s, has seen little activity since NSW Police sought to declare it a restricted premises in 2014.

Since then police and the owner, Mr Vella, had been in negotiations in the Supreme Court to use the Bringelly Road property for something other than a bikie clubhouse.

An agreement was reached that Mr Vella would dispose of the 2.7 hectare property and it wouldn't be declared a restricted premises.

However, following a struggle to sell it, it is understood a building storage company took up an offer to lease the property at an advertised price of €100,000 per year.

The new tenants and the use of the property satisfied NSW Police and the Supreme Court matter was dismissed.

Mr Vella, who is registered as the property owner, is leasing the land through Colliers International Real Estate while he remains in exile in Malta after having his visa cancelled in 2014.

"I can't comment on that, thank you," agent Fab Dalfonso said when contacted about the lease.

Mr Vella's presidential absence has sent ripples of instability through the club, particularly its chapters in Sydney's south-west.

The area, traditionally a Rebels stronghold, has members patching out at rates police have never seen before.

While police certainly don't believe the club is expanding, they don't have concrete figures on the current Rebels membership.

Among the other factors contributing to the Rebels leadership shake-up included the death of sergeant-at-arms Simon Rasic in 2014, the patch-out of enforcer Ricky Ciano and the pending deportation of an alleged chapter president Shane Martin.

Other outgoing patched members have reported feeling dismayed at being ordered to contribute to Mr Vella's fund to fight his visa cancellation despite the bikie boss' considerable wealth.

"Members had to contribute $200 to Alex's fighting fund and won't very happy about giving him money while he was overseas," a police source said.