[其他聯賽]意大利商人施連奴（Massimo Cellino）宣佈完成收購英冠球會列斯聯75%股份，成為球隊最大股東 [復制鏈接]

Championship: Leeds United takeover complete, say Massimo Cellino lawyers



Italian businessman Massimo Cellino has completed his takeover of Leeds United, according to his lawyers.

Cellino's company Eleonora Sport Limited has completed its purchase of 75 per cent of the Elland Road club's shares

and the 57-year-old has taken his place on the board of directors.

Football League officials must now decide whether to ratify the deal at a board meeting on Thursday.

"Massimo Cellino has now been appointed a director of LUFC Holdings & ESL has completed its purchase of 75 per cent of the shares of LUFC Holdings,"

Cellino's legal representatives Mishcon de Reya tweeted.

Cellino arrived in England from Sardinia on Monday after an independent lawyer overturned the League's decision to bar him from becoming an owner.

The League had blocked Cellino's takeover on March 24, ruling a conviction of tax evasion in a Sardinia court a week earlier -

one Cellino is appealing - disqualified him under its owners and directors test.

But following six-hour deliberations at an appeal hearing last week, Tim Kerr QC announced he had revoked the League's decision.

Kerr's ruling ended a two-month wait for Cellino,

whose company had exchanged contracts with previous Leeds owner Gulf Finance House Capital back in February, but the saga may not yet have run its course.

The Italian's disqualification under the League's test related to the non-payment of import duties on his yacht,

but because a judge's report on his tax evasion case has not yet been filed, Kerr could not rule that he had acted dishonestly.

Dr Sandra Lepore's written reasons for the conviction are due by mid-June so League officials must decide on whether to give Cellino

the go-ahead in the knowledge they could be forced to disqualify him - should he be found guilty of dishonesty - later this summer.

Leeds, who have plummeted in the Championship table and lost 1-0 to Wigan Athletic on Saturday, announced losses of £9.5m for the financial year 2012-13.


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The football league has ratified Massimo Cellino's takeover of Leeds United, Sky sources understand.

Cellino was initially barred from taking over at Elland Road after the League blocked the Italian businessman's bid last month, deciding a conviction of tax evasion in a Sardinia court disqualified him under its owners and directors test.

That decision was overturned on appeal and the Football League has confirmed it will not prevent him from taking up his position, although it may reconsider that after seeing the written explanation of the conviction in his home country.

Leeds manager Brian McDermott admits he is feeling more settled after a turbulent period for the club, despite United's poor form giving cause for concern.

McDermott looked to be heading for the Elland Road exit door when Cellino first attempted to buy the club in February but he remains in charge and is looking to the future.

"This is a new chapter, Massimo has come in and we have got a resolution on the club and that can only be good news," he said.

"I think it is a blank sheet and we can move forward and the most important thing is to concentrate.

"We have still got five games to go and we need to get a win on Saturday (against Blackpool), get off this run we are on and go into the summer.

"I am just looking at being the manager of Leeds United. I had three difficult months but I am in a good place now because the ownership is resolved, not as far as the results are concerned, but because I know the club is in safe hands."

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Massimo Cellino has been disqualified from owning Leeds United by the Football League.

The Italian's protracted takeover of the club was finally completed in March when he passed the Football League's owners' and directors' test.

But their board have reconsidered their decision and released a statement disqualifying Cellino's ownership on Monday.

Cellino has 14 days to appeal.

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