The Drovers Dog
Reserve Team
PETER RIDSDALE is ready to quit as Leeds chairman this week.
The Elland Road supremo has decided to stand down after a season of turmoil.
Ridsdale, 50, accepts he is fighting a losing battle in trying to win back fans who have turned on him for sanctioning the sale of six players to ease the Yorkshire club's crippling £77million debt.
Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Keane, Lee Bowyer, Olivier Dacourt, Robbie Fowler, and most controversially of all, Jonathan Woodgate have all been shunted through the Elland Road exit door.
Even though Ridsdale has raked in £52m from those moves, supporters will not forgive him.
And fans also hold Ridsdale more responsible for the club sliding into relegation problems than they do sacked boss Terry Venables. Ridsdale then hired Peter Reid on a caretaker basis.
The man to take over from Ridsdale will be Professor John McKenzie, a director of international development at the London Institute and the second biggest individual shareholder at the club
The Elland Road supremo has decided to stand down after a season of turmoil.
Ridsdale, 50, accepts he is fighting a losing battle in trying to win back fans who have turned on him for sanctioning the sale of six players to ease the Yorkshire club's crippling £77million debt.
Rio Ferdinand, Robbie Keane, Lee Bowyer, Olivier Dacourt, Robbie Fowler, and most controversially of all, Jonathan Woodgate have all been shunted through the Elland Road exit door.
Even though Ridsdale has raked in £52m from those moves, supporters will not forgive him.
And fans also hold Ridsdale more responsible for the club sliding into relegation problems than they do sacked boss Terry Venables. Ridsdale then hired Peter Reid on a caretaker basis.
The man to take over from Ridsdale will be Professor John McKenzie, a director of international development at the London Institute and the second biggest individual shareholder at the club