The former Leeds striker made the comments in response to Bamford’s recent remarks about his future.
The former Chelsea and Nottingham Forest striker has said to The Yorkshire Evening Post that he plans to stay at Elland Road for five more years.
Whelan, now works as a pundit for BBC Radio Leeds, has dismissed the 26-year-old’s plan.
Whelan told Football Insider: “To say five years in a football environment is ridiculous.