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Football League prepare to charge Leeds owner Cellino

The Football League are reportedly preparing to charge Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino.

The Daily Mail says Cellino could soon face an unprecedented charge of misconduct from the Football League that may end his troubled stay at Elland Road.

And with Cellino bankrolling the Yorkshire club to the tune of £40million, there would be a danger of Leeds going out of business if the Italian is forced out.

The League's board, who met this week, have lost patience with the Cellino camp over the long delay in receiving the written reasons why Cellino was found guilty by a Sardinian court of evading import tax duty on his yacht.

The view of the FL directors that is Cellino and his representatives are involved in withholding the six-page judgement by Sardinian judge Dr Sandra Lepore that has reportedly been available for over two months. The next step will be to charge Leeds with misconduct if they don't receive it.

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