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Oliver Jones

Ex-Leeds United star Marco Silvestri opens up on Massimo Cellino snub that 'made no sense'

Former Leeds United goalkeeper Marco Silvestri has alleged that former Whites owner Massimo Cellino personally froze him out of the squad after he spoke to an English agent.

In his three years at Leeds after moving to England in 2014 from Cagliari, another club owned by Cellino at the time, Silvestri amassed 98 appearances for the Whites first team, keeping 23 clean sheets.

Despite looking back on his time at Leeds fondly, Silvestri highlighted one particular decision by Cellino that saw him left on the substitute bench for the entire 2016/17 season even though he'd been the starting goalkeeper over his first two seasons.

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