Gus Poyet has ruled himself out of the running for the manager's job at Leeds.

And the Albion boss says his old club were wrong to get rid of Simon Grayson.

Poyet, 10-1 with the bookies to return to Elland Road, told The Argus: "It's a massive club and it's great place to manage, I've got no doubt.

"I would go back to Leeds at any time, of course not right now.

"We'll see what happens because, like I said, it's a magnificent place to manage."

Poyet, who was No. 2 at Leeds to Dennis Wise, is mystified by Ken Bates' decision to axe Grayson, with the Yorkshiremen still very much in the hunt for a play-off place.

He said: "I didn't understand the decision. I like Ken Bates a lot but I'm sorry Ken, wrong.

"You are only able to base your opinion on the results. I've seen Simon's record at Leeds and I think it's very good, so I don't know if it is something we don't know.

"Maybe that is the only situation but at the end of the day he's the chairman, he makes decisions, you live by your decisions. We'll see what happens.

"I think you can analyse if it is right or not at the end of the season."

Albion's next away game is at Leeds on Saturday week.