Leeds fans urge Massimo Cellino to consider selling the club
Tuesday 20 October 2015 18:53, UK
Leeds United Supporters' Trust has urged owner Massimo Cellino to consider selling his controlling stake in the club if it is in the club's best interests.
Cellino was disqualified by the Football League on Monday minutes after Leeds had announced former Rotherham manager Steve Evans had replaced head coach Uwe Rosler.
Rosler was sacked after just five months in charge, while Evans became the club's sixth head coach since Cellino took control in April 2014.
It's the second time the Football League have disqualified Cellino inside a year, following a tax conviction in Italy. Cellino claims his case in Italy is not yet finished.
Cellino has confirmed he will appeal against his latest ban, which is understood to run until June next year.
Further criminal cases against him are still outstanding and LUST has called on Cellino and minority shareholder Gulf Finance House to consider their future.
A LUST statement read: "The Trust believes Leeds supporters have suffered enough over the years and therefore asks Massimo Cellino brings clarity and honesty to any public statements on the immediate future and consider the supporters' need for a stable club at all times in how he deals with his latest ban.
"If, and the case grows daily, it is in the best interests of Leeds United supporters he and GFH should sell, we call on them both to do so with efficiency."
The fans' group wants assurances from Cellino these outstanding charges do not "take us down the same destructive route a third, fourth or fifth time".
LUST have now urged Cellino to appoint a managing director with proven experience of English football.
LUST added: "This includes putting in place an experienced English football managing director who stays for the medium term and for our majority and minority owners to consider whether their continued presence at Elland Road is conducive to the good of the loyal support."
