Former Coventry City loanee Stephen Warnock has turned down a move to West Ham United and joined Leeds United instead.
Warnock moved from Aston Villa on a free transfer and signed a two and a half year deal on Thursday after completing a medical.
Speaking about the move, Warnock is quoted as saying: "I wasn't needed at Villa, we'd had a couple of calls of interest and Villa said I was free to speak to clubs.
"Leeds offered me a contract and at first it was a shorter term contract, but I was on my way to West Ham earlier in the week and Leeds came back in and really made me feel wanted. There were a couple of clubs interested, but when you see the size of Leeds and the magnitude of the club there's only one choice, and once I'd spoken to the manager I knew I wanted to come. Obviously I've not been playing at Villa, and when you have a manager who wants you to play and has confidence in you it's nice to hear.