Neil Warnock:We offered the Same Money/but Not guaranteed

Cardiff City offered Peter Whittingham virtually the same money/contract as Blackburn Rovers offered, but Warnock could not guarantee Whitts first team football, so Whitts had to step down a dvision.



Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock says lure of first-team football behind Peter Whittingham's decision to join Blackburn Rovers




Blackburn Telegraph

By Rich Sharpe


Neil Warnock says Peter Whittingham's decision to choose Rovers over Cardiff City was the playing time on offer

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CARDIFF City manager Neil Warnock says the lure of regular first-team football was behind Peter Whittingham’s decision to leave the Bluebirds for Blackburn Rovers.

Warnock admitted Cardiff couldn’t compete with Rovers’ offer of a two-year deal for the midfielder who became Tony Mowbray’s first signing of the summer this week.

The 32-year-old, who made 450 appearances for Cardiff after arriving from Aston Villa in 2007, was offered a new deal by the Championship club, but on reduced terms.


However, Warnock says it was the lure of playing regular football that saw Whittingham leave South Wales for East Lancashire, rather than for financial reasons.

“He wants to play and he’s got a two-year contract offered to him, and you’ve got to take your hat off to that,” Warnock told

BBC Wales Sport

“I think he's realised he’s not going to be instrumental in playing every week here.

“His agent said to me it was similar terms to what we offered him.

“I think Peter could have played a part next year but I don’t think we could, at this stage, offer him a two-year deal.”

Whittingham scored 98 times in all competitions for Cardiff during his time with the club. That included seven in his 37 outings last term.

However, Warnock says he couldn’t guarantee Whittingham the playing time he desires next term, adding: “You could see last year how frustrated he was at not being able to play and not being in that starting 11.

“Probably going down a division gives him more opportunity as well to play and you’ve just got to accept he’s at the stage of his career where you do want to play.

“A lot of people don’t even think about playing and they just go for money, but that’s not Peter.

“Peter just wants to play and you’ve got to take your hat off to him. Good luck to him, sometimes you need a little challenge later on in your career.”

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can you remove the pic please, its too upsetting and controversial for this site

I think Warnock must have said you'll have even less game time than this year as you don't really fit into my plans.
Whitts could have had one season with us and if he was not offered another could easily then drop down a division.
No one is really guaranteed to play so nothing new there.For he was more or less pushed rather than jumped.
I would have loved to see Whitts here next year but it's not to be and Warnocks the boss who gets my backing so come on the mighty Bloooobirds

Good on warnock and whits both in the right warnock is straight to the point and whits wants to play regularly

Good on warnock and whits both in the right warnock is straight to the point and whits wants to play regularly

Don't usually agree with you but on this you are correct. It's a shame as the stats he got blown all the rest of our midfield out the water.. We need Tom Cairney here but he would never come.. I really hope Warnock does replace him because if we don't, we will just hoping to finish top 12 again that's how key it is to replace him.

Good on warnock and whits both in the right warnock is straight to the point and whits wants to play regularly

Agree. Can't fault Whittingham for dropping a division for more playing time, and Warnock for being open and honest. Whittingham was a great servant for our club.

Where's troobloo? ? Don't this go against his thread of it was down to the money? WHAT A TOOL