Leeds United legend Gordon Strachan says the Whites face a major headache to offload players who flattered to deceive in their relegation campaign. A number of Leeds players are expected to leave the club following their relegation to the Championship, but question marks have arisen over certain players' willingness to fight in the second tier.
The Scottish midfielder wore his heart on his sleeve and knew a thing or two about being successful during his time at Elland Road. Strachan was part of Leeds' title-winning side in 1992, as well as the Community Shield later that summer.
"If there are players in the club that don’t have the drive or enthusiasm to win games in the Championship every week, then they need to move them out," Strachan told Genting Casino. "There will be a lot of players there on big, big wages.
"I don’t think many of them will be getting a better weekly wage when they move onto their next club, so that creates problems too. It's very hard to get rid of players, who didn’t perform brilliantly last season and are on big wages. There have been so many examples of teams that have been relegated from the Premier League who haven’t been able to move players on."
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The likes of Rodrigo, Tyler Adams, Robin Koch, Illan Meslier and Brenden Aaronson have been linked with moves away from Elland Road this summer, to name just a few. However, Strachan points to the size of a number of players' wages which could deter any interest in them.
"Moving players on that are not up for it will be a big problem," he added. That is a major headache the club will have this summer.
"I’d be quite surprised if there are a lot of offers for some of these Leeds players. There are people in there, but I think the offers that will be coming into the club will be for the harder-working players, not the flamboyant ones.
"There were a lot of players at Leeds who, when the chips were down, didn’t show up. They’ll be doubts about some of those players.
"Perhaps a few of those guys may move on loan, but permanent deals, sales, I think it will be really difficult to move some of these players on. When I look at the players that have come into the club over the last eighteen months, I think Leeds will struggle to move on most of them."
