Ken Bates Wants Lee Clark As Leeds United Manager

Bookies favourite Neil Warnock not expected to be the Chairman's preferred choice.

By Matt Holmes / February 2, 2012

according to the BBC. Despite being among the bookies favourites, former Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock, who lost his job a couple of weeks back at Premier League outfit Queens Park Rangers, is not believed to be Bates' first choice to replace Simon Grayson. Journalist Dan Roan has just tweeted the news;

Hearing from those who should know that Ken Bates' preferred choice as new manager of Leeds Utd is Huddersfield's Lee Clark, & not Warnock

Lee Clark is currently manager of nearby West Yorkshire club Huddersfield Town in League One, where he has currently guided them to third position in the table. He has been linked with a number of bigger jobs in recent months, even the Sunderland vacancy when the top job at his former club became available last year but so far he has stuck with The Terriers. More news on this as it comes through.