my mate knows someone who was talking to the cousin of one of the office cleaners at leeds. apparently the leeds scouts are at the match, and that's the only reason he's on the bench. there's a release clause in his contract that says if a championship club is within 100 yards viewpoint of his subs visor, he can leave. same old barnsley. don't want to get promoted.
Or could it be an irrelevant cup match where he will probably introduce him late on to ease an injured player back
Exactly. If we didn't play any of our good players ever, no other clubs would be interested in them. Job done. We get them to stay at Oakwell until their contracts are completed.
I've heard that the owners so much don't want to get promoted that there's a Staying Down Bonus written into everyone's contracts.