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Some Leeds United fans on Twitter have been left unimpressed following comments from executive director Paul Bell afterhe suggested that the sale of Pontus Jansson to Brentford earlier this month was down to Financial Fair Play regulations.

Bell was speaking to Whites supporters in a Q&A session in Australia as part of the Yorkshire outfit’s tour down under, with one choosing to quiz him about the departure of the Sweden international to a Championship rival.

He responded by saying, via Leeds Live: “There’s a reasonable answer to all of this. You look at the Championship now and Financial Fair Play, or Profitability and Sustainability as it’s now called, has been talked about, talked about, talked about.

“Last year, for the first time, you saw the rules have teeth. You saw Birmingham [City] cheat the rules, bust the bank and they had a horrendous year the year before last, spent way above their means and you saw they got a nine-point penalty.”

So essentially he has put the sale of the centre-back down to FFP, but that doesn’t exactly explain why they only reportedly received an initial £4m for a player that has been so key to them in recent campaigns.

Many Leeds supporters were hardly impressed with Bell’s comments on social media, even when he went on to say that the club is Premier League ready and has sold a record number of season tickets, as well as shifting 72,000 replica kits last year.

One individual bit back sarcastically saying “great to hear we’re ready for the PL except on the pitch” in relation to their squad as things stand, while another said they were “not buying that”.

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Here is just a selection of the Twitter reaction…