Leeds United will have to pay a fee in the region of £500,000 if they wish to make Barnsley’s Paul Heckingbottom their new boss, according to The Mirror journalist David Anderson on Twitter.

The Whites are on the lookout for a new manager having given Thomas Christiansen his marching orders on Sunday, with the Dane sacked following a run of four defeats in their past five games.

Poor form has seen the West Yorkshire outfit fall away from the top six and crash out of the FA Cup to League Two Newport County, with chairman Andrea Radrizzani failing to support his manager through what is the club’s second difficult spell of the season following an abysmal run of form before Christmas.

Fans took to Twitter to have their say on the quoted fee it will take to lure Heckingbottom to Elland Road, with a mixed review to the princely sum…