A Burnley poster on TFF:
"Have'nt posted on this website before , but I thought I'd share this information with you all.
I am the apprentice groundsman at Turf Moor , and as Akynbyi left for Sheffield Utd the other day , Cotterill demanded a meeting with the board. Now thats the last I had heard untill yesterday.
A few board members arrived early morning , and also Cotterill joined them aswell. The talk around Turf Moor is that Cotterill had demanded all of the transfer fee from the Akyinbyi transfer as the board had accepted the Sheffield Utd bid without consulting him.
Im not sure what they said but he stormed out and sped off in his car. My boss then went to snooop for some gossip and word is that the board told him he would have 20% of the transfer fee avaliable and that was all. Also Burnley had been approached by Leicester to interview Cotterill, this was first rejected but when Cotterill found out about the transfer saga and the Leicester intrest he made arrangements to meet with the Leicester board on monday morning. If all goes to plan , and with Cotterill being highly peed off at the minute , he will be at unvieled before the QPR game , but sit in the stands and watch.
Also to back this up , I asked the Cheif Ex who I get on with very well , whether there was any truth in this , and he replied '' I cannot give you a straight answer , All I can say is Steve is'nt happy at the club." "