Istället hamnade han i Bristol City på ett 3-års kontrakt.
I helgens möte de båda lagen emellan på Elland Road i Leeds öppnade just Neil Kilkenny målskyttet för sin nya klubb och firade med att springa fram mot West Stand och blåsa några kyssar mot ordförande Ken Bates och verkställande direktör Shaun Harvey.
Bates säger till YEP att: "The fact is he asked for a wage which we didn't think he was worth. He's a petulant sod with big ideas of himself.
"He can't justify or excuse his behaviour. It shows exactly why we aren't sad to see him go"
"We might report his behaviour to the Football Association because we've got CCTV footage of it."
Kilkenny själv är besviken och anser sig vara oskyldig:
"I didn't want to celebrate in front of the fans but I needed to make a point to the chairman and his chief executive because everybody here said hello to me except for the chairman and chief executive, which is disappointing."
"I've seen that the chairman said I left Leeds to join a smaller club and that is disrespectful to me and Bristol City.
"That's really disappointing but that's him - what can you do? I did blow a kiss, but I can't stress enough that it wasn't to the fans."
