The last three or four months I got to the point where I needed to leave
Stephen Warnock
The club never came close under Cellino’s ownership and Warnock admits he is saddened with how his Whites career came to an end.
“I was at Leeds and we had the infamous Massimo Cellino come in,” Warnock, a studio guest for the EFL on Quest highlights, told Express Sport.
“That just changed everything for the worst for me. When I went into the club it was in a bit of a difficult position but there was still a good feeling around the place.
“He came in and suddenly just wanted to turn over everything.
Leeds United news: Massimo Cellino endured a tumultuous ownership at Elland Road (Image: GETTY)
“We had to bring in packed lunches in. It was embarrassing. For a club of Leeds’ size.
“We used to pay for our meals at Leeds and he stopped at everything, even that! He wouldn’t hire a chef that we were paying for. He wouldn’t have one come in. He told us to bring our own lunches instead.
“It just comes to a point where you think ‘this is comical’. And that was a bad time at Leeds, when he was there.
“There’s a lot of things that went on behind the scenes that people don’t know about. Sometimes it does filter through to the players.”
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Leeds United news: The Elland Road club never made the playoffs under Massimo Cellino (Image: GETTY)
Leeds United news: Stephen Warnock saws he left the club because of Massimo Cellino (Image: GETTY)