Administration looks increasingly likely for battered Leeds

FOOTBALL LEAGUE bosses may decide to close a loophole which could allow Leeds to escape a mandatory 10-point penalty for going into administration with £78m debts.

Under Nationwide League rules, a club entering administration while in the Premiership who are subsequently relegated in the same season could avoid the points deduction. As managerless Leeds prop up the table with he drop to the First Division looming large, only a cynic would suggest they might go into administration before the end of the season to avoid the threat of sanction.

The Premier League have their own rules to deal with administration and insolvency; the deduction of points is not yet an agreed penalty.