Bean slams ex-Leeds owner Cellino: Staff morale worst I'd ever seen | OneFootball

Former Leeds United chief Graham Bean has recalled working with Massimo Cellino.

Cellino was owner of Leeds before eventually selling to Andrea Radrizzani.

Bean told the Daily Mail: "I found myself in the eye of the storm inside Elland Road. Cellino had no experience of the English game and had already fired the CEO and head of the football administration a few weeks after he took over the club.

"The morale of the staff was the lowest I had ever seen in my career, they didn't like Cellino and they certainly didn't trust him.

"But they feared the consequences of going against him. I once suggested he invest £50,000 in the staff salary budget to give them all a pay raise, as they hadn't had one in years, he reprimanded me wondering why he should give them extra money. But after he refused my request in no uncertain terms, he then asked to buy an Audi R8 sports car for his son's birthday: he was willing to pay up to £80,000!

"He would not have shared £50,000 among everyone who worked so hard for him in the club, but he would have spent £80,000 on the vanity of his spoiled son."