Gary Monk resigns as Leeds manager

Friday, 26 May 2017 07:00

Gary Monk has resigned as head coach of Leeds United.

His resignation comes just two days after Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani completed his takeover of the Championship club.

38-year-old Monk was appointed on a rolling one-year contract last summer. He guided the club to seventh in 2016-17.

A statement from the club said: "While we are deeply saddened by Garry's decision, there is no individual bigger than our club."

Leeds honoured a promise to fans to partially pay back the price of their season ticket for the 2016/17 campaign because they missed out on a playoff place.

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