L.U.S.T. Update: Frustrated Players Back Our Vision
Friday, June 8, 2012 at 5:50PM
Leeds United Supporters' Trust have been speaking with sources close to the
players at Leeds United, as frustration grows among fans over the lack of
progress on transfers, the current takeover talks, and yesterday's
embarrassing court case. They have told us that the players are as
disillusioned and disheartened as the fans at the moment, feeling
undervalued by the club and totally frustrated by the lack of ambition Leeds
United are showing. Many players have read and fully agree with the aims of
L.U.S.T.'s Vision Statement, and want us to get their views out on their
behalf.
Our sources say that players fear if they speak their minds openly and
publicly at the moment they could be left to rot in the reserves, or be sold
to clubs they have no interest in playing for. They are anxious, however,
that Leeds supporters should know how they are feeling.
We've been told that the players are passionate and committed about bringing
success to Leeds United. They desperately want to be part of a Leeds United
side that wins promotion to the Premier League. With the current situation
at the club, though, they cannot see how that will be possible. They
understand that without an increase in the playing budget at Leeds, the club
will need to sell before it can buy, but the only players the club can sell
are the ones who want to stay and fight for promotion with Leeds United.
This has put them in a catch-22 situation, not knowing whether they will
still be at Leeds next season, or what sort of team they will be playing in.
While they want to stay at Elland Road, the players feel completely
undervalued by the club. We understand that some of the contract offers the
club has been making have offered a miserly increase in weekly wages, offers
which do not come close to what players could earn elsewhere. They feel that
they are nothing more than commodities to Leeds United, and they have
compared their disillusionment to that felt by the fans in recent seasons.
Their view is that the club does not care about either the players' or the
fans' opinions enough to share their ambition.
A number of players have grown so frustrated by the situation at Leeds
United that they are on the verge of giving up, walking away and accepting
offers to play elsewhere. Our sources stressed to us that these players do
not want to leave Leeds.
The players want the fans to know loud and clear that they share our passion
for Leeds, and that they have a burning ambition to get our club to the
Premier League. Equally, they share in the frustration and pain the fans
have been feeling. Players who want to play for Leeds United fear that they
will be forced out of the club this summer, and have to go and play
elsewhere for the good of their careers and personal futures. They are
frustrated that the people in charge of the club do not share the ambition
of the players, and the fans, to make Leeds United a great football club
again.
One of the main aims of the Leeds United Supporters' Trust Vision Statement
is to reunite the club and its fans. We want to see harmony between the
fans, the players, and the management of Leeds United, so we can build a
successful team together. We are pleased to learn that there are players at
Leeds United who fully endorse that vision, and who are desperate to help us
make it a reality.
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