On 6 July, it was reported that Keith Ryder had completed his takeover of the club.

Instead, Paul Wildes completed his takeover of the club on 20 November 2012.

In 1994 this saw him return to football as part of Francis Lee's takeover of the club.

He left in 2011 following a takeover of the club by Venky's.

Before he completed his takeover of the club, Romanov had pledged to eradicate the club's debt.

The talk of the season though was undoubtedly the protracted takeover of the club.

In March 2010 it was announced that a new consortium, the '2015 Group' had been given exclusivity to work towards a takeover of the club.

Whether or not any takeover of the club results from this will become very clear within the next 4 weeks from 8 June to 8 July.

Ex-Leeds director Simon Morris reveals plans for a £10 million takeover of the club.

At the time of writing, former chairman George Houghton was discussing a possible takeover of the grand old club.