Warnock eager to keep Snodgrass

Leeds United manager Neil Warnock is hoping he can persuade Robert Snodgrass to stay at the club.

The 24-year-old has a year left on his current deal and Warnock wants his captain to sign for another term.

The Scotland international has been linked with a move away from the club after a couple of impressive seasons in the Championship and the 63-year-old said he understood the forward’s frustrations at seeing other top players leaving the club.

“I want to keep him. He knows what I think about him,” Warnock told BBC Radio Sheffield.

“I’ve said to him to sign another year and, if at Christmas we’ve no chance of going up, I’ll sell you then.

“I understand that he’s frustrated because all of the midfielders he was playing alongside last season have left the club.

“I think he’s just going to wait and see who we sign and see how the situation develops and I don’t blame him for that.”

Warnock is also keen to secure the future of Ross McCormack at Elland Road with the Scot’s contract set to expire in June.

McCormack was the club’s top-scorer last season with 19 goals and has been offered a new contract, which has been rejected.

“We’ve offered him a new contract and it isn’t sufficient to what his advisors think he should get,” Warnock said.

“That’s fine, he got 19 goals for us this season but what we’ve said is we can’t go that far. That doesn’t mean he’s going to go though.”

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