Source: Team_Talk
Jones stunned by Ledley decision
Cardiff boss Dave Jones has revealed his surprise that Joe Ledley looks set to snub the Premier League in favour of a move to Celtic.[LNB] Jones expects the midfielder to join forces with Neil Lennon at Celtic, despite also holding talks with Stoke and having been linked with a host of other English top-flight clubs.[LNB]The Wales international and his agent David Baldwin visited Celtic Park for discussions with club officials this week and the 23-year-old has been offered a reported £25,000 weekly wage to join the Glasgow giants.[LNB]Jones told BBC Sport Wales: "Joe's decided that he wants to go to Celtic so all the best to him and we move on.[LNB]"I'm disappointed that I've lost a very, very good player but if that's what he's decided to do, I wish him all the very best and I hope his career goes as well as what he wants it to go.[LNB]"I'm surprised, I thought he wanted Premiership football. But we had no contact from any Premiership club except Stoke.[LNB]"We were never made an offer from Stoke. We were never made an offer from any club for Joe. Joe's been a free since December.[LNB]"I'm close friends with Tony [Pulis]. Tony never made him an offer. He wanted a player swap and we weren't prepared to do that.[LNB]"We made Joe a fantastic offer to stay. Joe decided that he wanted to ply his trade elsewhere, which he's entitled to do."[LNB]Ledley has made more than 250 appearances for Cardiff after making his debut aged 17 and has accumulated 32 caps for his country.[LNB]The Championship club would expect several million pounds of compensation should Ledley move to an English team but FIFA's transfer age limit is a year less for cross-border rules, meaning Celtic would acquire the player for free.[LNB]However, Jones believes Cardiff would still be owed some money should Ledley opt for the Hoops.[LNB]He added: "There's a training compensation when you cross border and we'll be arguing that out with them now."
