Veteran midfielder Michael Brown could be forgiven for looking back on his time at Leeds United and wondering what might have been.

Signed by Simon Grayson in the summer of 2011, the former Premier League player made 75 appearances during a three-year spell that saw three permanent managers, and three different owners of the club.

Having finished seventh in the Championship the season before his arrival, United have flirted with the Play-Off places in every campaign since, but ended with three mid-table finishes.

“There’s been ups and downs and a few manager change arounds,” explained Michael, reflecting on his time with the club.

“There’s been a few takeovers and everything has always been changing, but I’ve still enjoyed my time here.

“I would have liked to have played more football, and that lets you play better. When you’re in and out you don’t get the solidity you would like.

“You look at the crowd of 30,000 last weekend for an end of season game. That could easily turn into 40,000. It just needs the team winning.

“It’s a matter of the new chairman finding what he wants for the future and what the club needs for the future and I’m sure it can go in the right direction.”

A 15th placed finish wasn’t what United had hoped for when, going into the Christmas period, the Play-Offs looked a realistic possibility. Since Christmas, the team has struggled for form, and off the field issues against came to the fore.

“It’s been a very strange season,” said Michael. “I thought I’d seen a lot before, but this has been a first for me. We were right in there at Christmas and then things didn’t go as well as we’d have liked.

"The Christmas period hurt us, we didn’t cope, and we fell away in January as everyone could see.

“At a club like this you need to be brave and ballsy, but things just weren’t meant to be.

“There was a time when you thought we could get dragged in, but the manager picked a few of the senior boys and we won three from five so it was a good finish.

“There’s lots and lots of work to be done. I’m sure the chairman will look for stability and will want that as soon as possible.”

The Hartlepool-born Brown is now one of a number of United players out of contract and has yet to learn whether or not there will be an offer to continue with the club.

“The manager said he wasn’t sure what will be or whether they want to offer me anything,” he added.

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time here and I want to keep on playing football. I think I still have a bit to offer.

“At 37, I’m looking towards the coaching side, but I would like to carry on playing football.”