Tuesday 21 December 2010

Grayson turned down Premier Club

Leeds chairman Ken Bates claims Simon Grayson turned down a Premier League job offer last year
The Elland Road boss was in the process of guiding the Whites to promotion out of League One in 2009/10 and opted to stick around in order to see that through.
His loyalty has been rewarded this season, with Leeds currently flying high in the Championship table.
The ultimate goal of securing a return to the top flight is very much on the cards and Grayson may be the man to take them there.
Bates hopes he is, with the former Chelsea supremo revealing that the Ripon-born coach is fully focused on leading his boyhood heroes back to the Promised Land.
He told Sky Sports News: "Simon is in it for the long run. He was approached and offered a job on a much bigger salary, in the Premiership, over a year ago and he said, 'I came to Leeds to do a job and I'm going to finish it'. If he manages in the Premiership he wants it to be with Leeds.

"We have got a good relationship. He rings me when we lose, which I know some managers don't. If he has a problem we talk about it, which is the only way to do things. We have total trust in each other.
"He is a Leeds apprentice who has come home. He has done the rounds and come home."
Bates feels Leeds' success over recent years is based on an understanding between himself and his manager that he will not meddle in any business relating to the playing side of the club.
"There never has been as far as I'm concerned, wherever I have been," he said.
"The manager has to be judged by his results so the only fair way is to let him pick his players. If he fails it's because he picked the wrong players.
"You can't do what some clubs do and have chairmen introducing players to the manager after they've been signed. That's not our policy here."

2 comments:

  1. Well done Simon aka larry good turning down hope it was man scum utd

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  2. i was one of the fans who wanted grayson to be sacked after the cardiff game...it was a really embarassing game, and the team didn't convince me that it can achive any sucess...but after that game everything changed.i don't know what simon has done,but i hope he keeps it up like that!He's a leeds fan and he deserves the best!
    I think that the offer he turned down was from Blackburn

    GREETINGS FROM A LEEDS FAN FROM GREECE!I WISH THE BEST LUCK FOR LEEDS IN THEIR CAMPAIGN TO RETURN TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE!

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