Duncan Revie has said he intends to speak to Leeds United chairman Ken Bates on Monday in an attempt to advance his take-over plans for the struggling club.
Revie, the son of former Leeds and England manager Don Revie, who guided the Yorkshire club to its greatest successes in the late 1960s and early 1970s, said last week he hoped to head a consortium to take charge at Elland Road and insisted the move had been well received by the club's fans.
Leeds were recently relegated from the second-tier Championship and next season will be playing league football outside England's top two divisions for the first time in their history. Former Chelsea chief Bates took Leeds into administration before their final Championship game of the season.
The administrators KPMG immediately agreed to sell the club back to a new company - Leeds United Football Club Limited - headed by Bates but the deal has to be approved by creditors at a meeting on June 1 and by the Football League.
Bates's move has sparked interest in running the club from both Revie and Leeds entrepreneur and former club director Simon Morris.
Revie, who runs the football conventions and forums company Soccerex, has been discussing finance with a number of backers, including the wealthy Maktoum family who rule Dubai. His father controversially ended his stint as England manager and moved to Dubai to take charge of the United Arab Emirates. "It is time to sit down with Ken Bates to push this thing further and see what he wants." Duncan Revie told the Mail on Sunday.
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