Bates: No ownership issue at Leeds

KEN BATES yesterday insisted there would be no issue surrounding the ownership of Leeds should they get promoted — and suggested a House of Commons select committee should be worrying about more important things.

Leeds chief executive Shaun Harvey told MPs last month the club’s owners are a holding company called FSF, based in the West Indian island of Nevis, owned by three discretionary trusts.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore told the inquiry into football being held by the select committee on culture media and sport that Leeds would have to be more transparent about their owners should they earn a place in the top flight.