Leeds deny Sheikh bid

LEEDS UTD ON TRIAL BBC TV show to investigate the crisis at Elland Road BBC1 (Yorkshire & Lincolnshire) Monday 8 December, 2235 GMT

Leeds have denied reports that the club's potential saviour, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa, has made an official bid for the club.

The Sheikh was quoted as saying that the consortium he is heading were waiting for a response from the Elland Road club after submitting an offer.

He claimed his group included two Saudi Arabian businessmen and an Asiatic company but he also revealed that a rival bidder had entered the race.

But a Leeds club spokesman said: "We have not received an offer as yet from anybody for the business."

Leeds came to an agreement with their creditors last week which avoided the immediate threat of administration.

The "standstill" deal has also released £4m to give the club four to six weeks to find a buyer.

Former Elland Road board member Allan Leighton is believed to be putting together a consortium and is understood to be the other party interested in purchasing the club.

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Leeds have also received a boost with chief executive Trevor Birch reiterating the club's stance that the side's best players will not be sold in the January transfer window.

Birch said going down the route of off-loading star names would only increase the prospect of relegation.

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