Millwall manager Gary Rowett has claimed he is unaware of any financial penalties imposed by Leeds United if Charlie Cresswell does not play. Cresswell joined the Championship side on a season-long-loan in the summer and has enjoyed a strong start to life at the Den.
The England U21 international has featured in all but two of Millwall’s 10 league matches in the first two months of the campaign, starting on seven occasions. Cresswell has scored three goals already for Rowett’s side but after a couple of errors was dropped to the bench for games against Norwich City and Reading.
According to the Athletic, Millwall did not pay a loan fee for Cresswell in the summer but will be imposed financial penalty clauses if he does not play the number of minutes Leeds want. Rowett, though, has insisted he is does not know of any potential clauses, and says he would not pick the team based on this anyway.
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Via London News Online, he said: “I’m not involved in the details and those sorts of discussions. Is it a financial penalty? Sometimes you pay a loan fee and every time a player starts that loan fee reduces.
“There is a way of encouraging game time for young loan players. But from my perspective, Cressy and Shacks [Jamie Shackleton] – any players that come from Premier League clubs on loan – they are part of what we’re doing.
“We try and treat them exactly the same as any other player that is in our group. I wouldn’t pick the team based on any financial penalties.
“If you’re a Premier League club loaning to a Championship club, you want your player to play at least a decent amount of minutes. It’s probably more a case of that.”
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