Leeds United manager Simon Grayson turned down a Premier League job last season, according to chairman Ken Bates.
Boyhood supporter Grayson has guided the resurgent South Yorkshire club from League One to the Championship, and they are now flying high in second place following the x win over x at the weekend.
In that time the 41-year-old Ripon-born boss has emerged as one of the game’s bright, young managerial prospects, and Bates claims he has already garnered interest from one top-flight outfit, only to snub the unnamed club.
He told Sky Sports News: “Simon is in it for the long run.
“He was approached and offered a job on a much bigger salary, in the Premiership, over a year ago and he said, 'I came to Leeds to do a job and I'm going to finish it'.
“If he manages in the Premiership he wants it to be with Leeds.
“We have got a good relationship. He rings me when we lose, which I know some managers don't. If he has a problem we talk about it, which is the only way to do things. We have total trust in each other.
“He is a Leeds apprentice who has come home. He has done the rounds and come home.”