Secret talks broke up last week when Paul Caddick, the chairman of Leeds Cricket Football and Athletic Club, claimed Yorkshire had walked out in protest at a planned press release.

But at a press conference yesterday, Yorkshire chief executive Chris Hassell stressed: ``We would be quite happy to begin negotiations again with Mr Caddick. We have received a number of ultimatums and threats which we are not too pleased about.'' Hassell claimed Caddick's proposals to redevelop Headingley ``lacked substance'' and were ``no more than a model proposal''.

Yorkshire say they entered talks with Caddick to discuss the viability of Headingley's redevelopment and insist that their proposed move to a purpose-built stadium in Wakefield is still ``very much alive''.