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...Nationalisation risk: ⚽ LeedsItalian businessman Andrea Radrizzani controls between 50 and 75 per cent of the club, according to Companies House filings, having bought Leeds from his countryman Massimo Cellino...
...Mr Radrizzani, a sports rights entrepreneur, now jointly owns the club with Massimo Cellino, the controversial Italian who acquired it in 2014....
...A recent incident saw Massimo Cellino, the Italian owner of Leeds United, charged with breaking the FA’s rules in the transfer of Ross McCormack to Fulham in 2014....
...Mr Cellino was convicted in Italy of failing to pay import duty on the purchase of a yacht, and fined €600,000. He is appealing....
...Mr Cellino, who owns Serie A club Cagliari, also has previous convictions from 1996 and 2001....
...Leeds announced that in light of the QC’s decision, Mr Cellino would become its president and head the Championship club’s board....
...Mr Cellino, who owns Serie A club Cagliari, has previous convictions from 1996 and 2001....
...Leeds United took a £1.5m loan from Massimo Cellino as he finalised a prospective takeover of the championship club last week....
...An agricultural entrepreneur based in Miami, Mr Cellino has previous convictions from 1996 and 2001....
...However, the league is considering whether to try to overturn Mr Cellino’s appeal. It was the first time a prospective owner has been disqualified under the rules....
...Mr Cellino’s lawyer....
...As it happens, Mr Cellino lives in Miami....
...That hinges on Mr Cellino being considered a “fit and proper person” by the Football League....
...Mr Cellino has applied to the Football League to pass its “fit and proper person” test required of club owners....
...The body says Massimo Cellino cannot join the board of Leeds United because he has a fraud conviction....
...“We saw policemen in anti-riot gear guarding the building, but they didn’t put up any resistance to the occupiers,” Andrea Cellino, leader of an Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe monitoring...
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