Pete Lockwood could be installed as new Leeds United president.

The Daily Mail reports Leeds owner Massimo Cellino, faced with being banned until March for failing the owners' and directors' test, has told his driver Pete Lockwood, the players' liaison officer, that he intends to install him as president in any absence.

Lockwood said: "We had a laugh about it.

"I think it was just a flippant remark, but you never know with the chairman."