The Ghost of '99 wrote:It's idiotic to not consider the consequences of letting Aiton have more money - it would drive the entire squad to demand more resulting in other, much better and more important squad members than Aiton ever was, becoming unsettled. Contrary to popular opinion there isn't a great reservoir of unfilled Leeds salary cap space (hence Ferris only getting a one year deal on low money). Aiton was offerred a reasonable deal, he rejected it. We won the treble without him in any event and he certainly wasn't the player to disrupt the entire club over.
Fair enough, i only used Aiton as an example. For several years our esteemed CEO has managed to hoodwink players into sacrificing a few grand for the 'privilege' of playing for Leeds. He's done well to get away with it for so long, but he needs to splash the cash, and soon.