Former Leeds United midfielder Lee Bowyer has confirmed that messages were 'exchanged' between him and his former club prior to the appointment of Sam Allardyce last month and said that he would 'love' to return to Elland Road one day.
As a player, Bowyer was a firm fans' favourite during a six-and-a-half-year spell in West Yorkshire and moved into management after hanging up his boots, with spells in charge at Charlton Athletic and Birmingham City and has spoken about Leeds' recent managerial switch and how close he came to an emotional return at the club.
"Without going into too much detail, there was a message or two exchanged and the decision from the club was to go with Big Sam because of experience," he told talkSPORT. "Obviously, unfortunately for the football club, that didn't work out. But going forward I like to think that we'd have a conversation at some stage and maybe try and put something together."
