There had been 14 months of negotiations over the proposed sale

Paul Caddick, chairman of the stadium's current owners, earlier announced that the club had withdrawn from talks.

But a Yorkshire statement said: "As far as Yorkshire are concerned, dialogue was still on-going."

Caddick claimed the county had blamed insufficient funds as a result of the ECB's new television contract with BSkyB for pulling out of the deal.

The chairman of owners the Leeds Cricket, Football and Athletic Company (Leeds CF&A), said an offer had been made to reduce the purchase price as a result.

"Leeds CF&A has done everything to bring this to a conclusion," he said.

"But it has been unable to do so because of the inability of Yorkshire CCC and (club chief executive) Colin Graves' Newco to agree internal arrangements regarding the operation of the cricket ground going forward.

"The past 14 months working on these documents have put a great strain on Leeds CF&A.

"After getting to the stage of agreeing all documents, we are saddened not only at Yorkshire CCC's withdrawal from the transaction but also that they have offered no apology for their late withdrawal."

In their response, Yorkshire said they had called a board meeting to discuss Caddick's remarks.

"As a result of the news conference called by Leeds CF&A - which Yorkshire knew nothing about - many of the points raised will be considered at a board meeting early next week.

"The official response from the club will then be available."