Leeds dismiss O’Leary move

DAVID O’LEARY’S chances of making a managerial return to Leeds have been dismissed as “unlikely in the extreme”.

While it is reported O’Leary has support in the form of plc deputy chairman Allan Leighton and that contact has been made between the two parties, a Leeds spokesman has poured cold water on the prospect.

O’Leary has insisted he is happy in his present role at Aston Villa, despite the uneasy atmosphere which exists between the Irishman and chairman Doug Ellis in light of the lack of transfer funds.