Ananova - PFA meet Leeds players
The Professional Footballers Association have met Leeds players to discuss the perils and pitfalls of administration.
Leeds are believed to be close to finalising a short-term rescue package designed to stave off the imminent threat of the club falling into the hands of the administrators.
The club have five days to find a buyer pending a January 19 deadline imposed by major creditors who are owed a combined £82million.
With that deadline drawing ever closer, the PFA decided it was time to put the United players in the picture, having previously dealt with the problems posed by administration at a number of Nationwide League clubs.
Deputy chief executive Mick McGuire, the PFA's financial lawyer, and another newly-appointed executive in Richard Jobson spoke at length with the Elland Road squad after David Batty approached them.
A number of possibilities were put to the players, which include the prospect of a deferral of wages which would temporarily help to keep the club afloat.
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor confirmed: "We are just keeping the players fully informed and keeping them in the loop. They were apparently excellent in their response. They want to hold the club together and they want to stay together to keep Leeds in the Premiership because they know that would be the best way for somebody to come in and save them. A number of options were discussed with a view to keeping the club alive and to avoid administration, with one of those options being a deferral of wages. The players were very responsive, which was to be expected because that's what we have encountered at other clubs in the past. Sometimes people do not appreciate just what players want to do for their club in terms of staying solid and together and doing it for the fans."
The Professional Footballers Association have met Leeds players to discuss the perils and pitfalls of administration.
Leeds are believed to be close to finalising a short-term rescue package designed to stave off the imminent threat of the club falling into the hands of the administrators.
The club have five days to find a buyer pending a January 19 deadline imposed by major creditors who are owed a combined £82million.
With that deadline drawing ever closer, the PFA decided it was time to put the United players in the picture, having previously dealt with the problems posed by administration at a number of Nationwide League clubs.
Deputy chief executive Mick McGuire, the PFA's financial lawyer, and another newly-appointed executive in Richard Jobson spoke at length with the Elland Road squad after David Batty approached them.
A number of possibilities were put to the players, which include the prospect of a deferral of wages which would temporarily help to keep the club afloat.
PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor confirmed: "We are just keeping the players fully informed and keeping them in the loop. They were apparently excellent in their response. They want to hold the club together and they want to stay together to keep Leeds in the Premiership because they know that would be the best way for somebody to come in and save them. A number of options were discussed with a view to keeping the club alive and to avoid administration, with one of those options being a deferral of wages. The players were very responsive, which was to be expected because that's what we have encountered at other clubs in the past. Sometimes people do not appreciate just what players want to do for their club in terms of staying solid and together and doing it for the fans."