Leeds manager Brian McDermott will report for duties as normal at the club’s training ground this morning despite appearing to have been sacked on Friday.

Brian McDermott is no longer the manager of Leeds.

Former Sunderland and Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill claims he has not been contacted over the vacant management role with the Republic of Ireland.

Leeds tonight confirmed that Ken Bates had left his role as their president, ending his eight-and-a-half-year association with the club.

European and German champions Bayern Munich have usurped Manchester United as the world’s biggest brand, according to the latest study from valuation agency, Brand Finance.

Brian McDermott has been handed an instant return to management after being given the vacant Leeds job on a three-year contract this afternoon.

Leeds’ owners, GFH Capital, have sold a 10% stake in the npower Championship club to Bahrain-based International Investment Bank.

Leeds owner Ken Bates has announced Bahrain-based investment bank GFH Capital will complete a 100% takeover of the club on December 21.

GFH Capital has been granted an extension to the exclusivity period relating to their proposed takeover over npower Championship club Leeds.

Bahrain-based investment bank GFH Capital are poised to complete their takeover of Leeds, the two parties have said today.

The man at the head of a proposed takeover of Leeds hopes to complete a deal for the club he has described as “a young Pamela Anderson” within three weeks.