Leeds United striker Mirco Antenucci's agent has blamed manager Neil Redfearn for not selecting the striker.

Recently the reports emerged that Antenucci will trigger a new deal if he reaches 12 goals this season with some suggesting Redfearn has been told by club hierarchy not to select the Italian, who currently has 10 goals to his name.

But Antenucci's agent, Silvio Pagliari, later refuted these claims in a statement confirming that the decision not to pick his client was Redfearn's alone.

"I know (sic) Nicola Salerno (sporting executive) for years and he has assured me that it isn't absolutely true that this is the reason why he isn't playing and that the reasons are exclusively technical," said Pagliari.

"It is very strange that in the last two months the best scorer of the club and the only player to reach the double figures has played very little. Mirco is going to continue, as a big professional player, to give the best of himself for Leeds United AFC, as he has ever done, and to accept the choices of the head coach, who I hope will change his ideas about Mirco's involvement in the remainder of the Championship season."

The player himself tweeted on Thursday night: "I don't know what's going on around me. It all seems unreal. I've tried to do my best for the club always.

"My job is to score for Leeds. I am in the middle of this situation that I don't know the truth."