Elding fails to agree terms at Crewe

Leeds striker Anthony Elding has failed to agree terms with Crewe. Manager Gary McAlister has told him to move on but Elding says he wants to stay at Elland Road.

It seems likely that Crewe were unwilling to match the sort of money Elding currently receives.

Elding was signed by Denis Wise before he moved to Newcastle but Gary McAlister is said to want his own strike force.

"I'm gutted. I never got a chance and I feel a bit hard done by. They obviously paid money to bring me in to play but, from the minute I've got here, I've hardly played. I've been on the bench, but when I've come on, it's been for a minute or five minutes. What can I do in that time? If I'm going to be judged on that, then there is no point," Elding told the Yorkshire press.

"Gary has made it quite clear he is bringing his own people in. I said to Gary, 'look, I've got a two-year contract, I want to honour that contract, I want to stay at Leeds United. But it's no good me sitting around if I'm not going to be part of something. I'm a striker, I need to play football. I don't want to leave – 100 per cent. I love the club, my family love the club and it's a massive club to play for. But at the end of the day I'm a footballer and whether it's Leeds United or Boston United I need to play football”.

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