Massimo Cellino has completed his takeover of
Championship side Leeds United, according to his lawyers.
He agreed a deal to buy a 75% stake in the club through his company
Eleonora Sports in February but his takeover was vetoed by the Football
League in March.
The 57-year-old Italian won his appeal against that
ruling on Saturday.
This could all be smoke and mirrors and Cellino may
not actually own Leeds, but for the sake of this post I’m going to assume he does.
If that is the case it’s rather odd because he
failed the fit and proper owners test because he was convicted in an Italian
court of not paying import duty on a yacht he bought, in the original ruling the Football League vetoed
his takeover based on this and yet less than two weeks later he appealed and an
independent QC overturned the decision and he’s now free to take over Leeds.
Now is it just me or does that not make much, nay
any sense, the people in charge of running the Football League have assessed
his case and said you’ve breached our rules you can’t buy Leeds, but a random
lawyer has decided he hasn’t breached the rules and he can buy the club.
What’s the point of the Football League having a
test for potential owners if its say isn’t final?
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