February 13 2007

The Leeds mole?

Simon Jordan believes Dennis Wise has lost his dressing room after one of his players leaked team details to Crystal Palace.

Wise said a member of his squad told a Palace player the Leeds line-up before Saturday's match at Elland Road.

The manager has refused to name the mole who he insists will never play for United again.

Jordan said: "If you're going to say that a player is never going to play for the club again because of this, that and the other, then say it and name and shame. To make a statement and then not substantiate it is ridiculous.

"Would it bother me if it was the other way round? I would flip this on its head. I would be concerned that my manager did not have control of his charges.

"If I was Dennis' chairman, I would be thinking: 'Hang on a second, these are your charges, they're under your control, under your jurisdiction and they're betraying my football club. So what exactly are you doing with these players on the training ground, Dennis?'.

"If a player doesn't feel he has any loyalty to you, there's a problem."

Shaun Derry's agent has quashed rumours that the mole is him. The ex-Palace midfielder is good mates with Danny Butterfield and visited the Eagles' hotel the night before.

But agent Phil Smith said: "Shaun went to Palace's hotel the night before the game to see old friends.

"But people have wrongly assumed he is to blame because he used to play for Crystal Palace."