Tuesday 20 October 2015 18:53, UK
Steve Evans has been confirmed as Leeds' new boss, but the club's owner Massimo Cellino is facing another Football League ban.
Evans left Leeds' Thorp Arch training ground on Monday and told Sky Sports News HQ he has been officially installed as successor to Uwe Rosler, who was sacked earlier in the day after just 12 matches in charge.
Leeds then confirmed his appointment on a rolling deal until June 30, but no sooner had Evans finished asking sceptical Leeds supporters to give him a chance, news broke that Cellino had been disqualified for a second time under the League's Owners' and Directors' test.
The Italian served a four-month suspension earlier in the year, and the latest disqualification comes after an investigation into a Court of Sardinia ruling that he failed to pay tax on an imported car. Cellino claims the case in Italy is not yet finished.
A League statement announced the disqualification and said its chief executive Shaun Harvey, a former Leeds director, had no influence on the decision.
The statement read: "Having considered detailed legal advice and the Court's reasoned judgment, as supplied by Mr Cellino, the board determined that the decision of the Italian Court constitutes a disqualifying condition under the Owners' and Directors' test.
"Mr Cellino has until October 28 to appeal against the Board's decision. Any such appeal would be heard by an independent panel."
Cellino later released a statement to Sky Sports News HQ confirming an appeal will be lodged.
It read: "I'm very confused, I'm very angry. I'll be fighting the ban any how and any way, and I'll be appealing."
The news overshadowed a plea from Evans to those Leeds fans unhappy with Rosler's departure and the prospect of a sixth new manager since Cellino took control at Elland Road.
The Scot, who took Rotherham into the Championship and kept them there before his surprise departure last month said: "There are very few times I'm lost for words - you guys know me - but I'm lost for words.
"I'm very humbled - a boy from a council estate near Glasgow is Leeds manager. Where that goes we'll see - I need to win some football matches.
"It's a massive task - there are some great football managers who've not been able to get this club to win football matches, but dare I say there were some great managers at Rotherham trying to win matches before my time.
"I work hard and give it everything I've got, and all I can ask of the Leeds supporters - and there are millions of them worldwide - is just give me the opportunity to win some football matches. I know the consequences if I don't."
Evans revealed Cellino first approached him on Saturday, when Brighton's win at Elland Road made it four defeats in five for Rosler's side.
"We spent a lot of time yesterday [Sunday] after first contact was made on Saturday," he said. "Everyone knows his enthusiasm and his love and his passion for the football club to win matches.
"I have to win matches, that's what he's said. We've not won a home fixture for almost seven months - that's not acceptable for any football club."
