Cherry: Sack absent Leeds players

Former Leeds captain Trevor Cherry has branded the six United players who withdrew at short notice from Saturday’s match against Charlton a ’disgrace’ and called for them to be sacked by the club.

Italian quartet Mirco Antenucci, Giuseppe Bellusci, Dario del Fabro and Marco Silvestri, Frenchman Souleymane Doukara and Albanian Edgar Cani all told beleaguered head coach Neil Redfearn they were injured and could not travel to London.