"They then told Grayson that they had an approach from us, and Simon wanted the job. It's a dream job so he jumped at it.
"By telling Grayson that we'd made the approach, and by putting it on their website, it was in the public domain.
"We felt therefore that we had the right to approach Blackpool again, which we did. Meanwhile, Grayson had gone in to see the chairman and they had a bit of a disagreement because Simon felt he'd done a good job at Blackpool and he wanted this opportunity. He thought Blackpool shouldn't stand in his way.
"After that altercation he resigned, which he's entitled to do, and then when he was a free agent we offered him the job at Leeds and he's taken it.
"Mr Oyston said he wanted to speak to me but I've been trying to contact him and haven't had any success. He cannot complain that we haven't tried to meet his requirements. I can't do any more and the ball is in his court."