Leeds chairman Massimo Cellino will sell his majority stake in the club for £30m, according to Leeds Fans United chief executive Dylan Thwaites. 

Cellino announced on Friday that he was willing to agree a takeover with supporters and forgo any profit. 

"Massimo invited us to buy his majority stake and has agreed to sell to us at cost, at the money he has put into the club," Thwaites told BBC Radio Leeds. 

"If we look at Companies House there's certainly £30m or so of new equity."

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The tributes are coming in to the news former England captain Tom Graveney has died.-

It's finished goalless in Kazakhstan, meaning the Spanish side edge a point clear of Benfica at the summit of Group C.

Astana stay bottom, with Benfica hosting Galatasaray at 19:45 GMT.

Some more on the news that former England captain and MCC president Tom Graveney has died aged 88. 

Graveney made 11 centuries in 79 Test matches for England between 1951 and 1969, scoring 4,882 runs at an average of 44.38. 

Appointed president of the MCC in 2005, and an honorary life member of the Lord's club, Graveney played county cricket at both Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

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Some sad news from the world of cricket.

Former England batsman and MCC president Tom Graveney has passed away at the age of 88. 

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Former England defender Danny Mills believes football referees do not have respect for players.

Discussing the recent charges issued by the FA to Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho and West Brom head coach Tony Pulis for comments they made to officials, Mills said: "Do football referees have respect for players? I don't think they do.

“If you look at some of their decisions, they just wave people away and say, 'oi you, come ere'."

Listen to what Mills had to say here

Kishore Mukherjee: Head hit the post in a match while saving a free kick. Fractured my skull and was bleeding. Finished the match.

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Rod Stewart has been on Afternoon Edition bemoaning "a bad couple of months for Scottish sport", which culminated in Vern Cotter's side being beaten by Australia at the Rugby World Cup.

"My nine-year-old cried his eyes out when Scotland went out," said Rod, who shed a tear or two of his own when Celtic beat Barcelona in 2012.

"Lots of guys cry at football," he added. "It was one of the experiences of my life I'll never forget. My favourite football match in fact."

This is a bit embarassing.

Forward Memphis Depay and assistant manager Ryan Giggs appeared to miss the bus as Manchester United met up ahead of their Champions League tie with CSKA Moscow, reports the Manchester Evening News., external

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After flirting with the drop for a few years, there's a growing feeling that this season Villa may not dodge the drop this time.

After 11 games, they are bottom and need 36 points from 27 games to get to the 40-point mark. Their next six league games include matches with Manchester City, Everton, Southampton and Arsenal, so it's already a big challenge for Garde to keep them up. 

How they do it doesn`t really matter just as long as they do.

Andy Murray will get to experience it as well - he is in action at the event on Wednesday.

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I'm not sure that there's a team in the Premier League afraid of Villa or playing at Villa Park. The entire club lacks leadership, is rudderless and is held back by a “comfort culture”. Sadly it`s been that way for a few years now. 

Owner Randy Lerner wants to sell and chief executive Tom Fox is conspicuous by his absence from the media. 

Far too often the fans at home turn up to be let down. Garde has to find a way to give the whole club direction and leadership.

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Did you know that Liverpool agreed a fee to sign Cristiano Ronaldo? And that the Portuguese forward came very close to signing for Arsenal?

This piece explains all..., external

You're still telling us about your sporting successes while injured...

Oluwasola Oloruntobi: Had a bleeding thigh in a friendly game in first half, went on to play 90 minutes, then absent from school for two days.

Anthony Sawdy: Broke my thumb saving a penalty in 11 a side. Exact same happened shortly after I came back. Should've let then in.

Yousef Abkari: Tore ankle ligaments in first half of a cup game. Forced myself back on after an hour, 4-1 down. Scored four, set up one and won 6-4.

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As Brian Clough used to say, 'All great sides are built on clean sheets'. Villa`s last one in the league was in the opening day victory over Bournemouth and, since then, they have let in 20 goals in 10 games. 

Villa simply can`t give two goals to anyone in the Premier League and hope to win the game. At the moment they are a soft touch and need to become harder to score against.

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Arsenal have the best two of the best midfielders in Europe and Leicester'sRiyad Mahrezis better than Neymar.

Or at least that's whata set of statistics,, externalreleased today, claim to have revealed.

Based on technical analysis way too complicated to explain here,Santi Cazorlais the best defensive midfielder in all of Europe's big five leagues so far this season while Mesut Özilrules the roost in the best attacking midfielder category.

It also reveals that Mahrez is the second best forward, behind Robert Lewandowski but ahead of Barca's Neymar.

Don't believe us,you can have a gander here., external

Paul Hayward, the Daily Telegraph's hugely respected sports writer, has written a powerful piece about how sport has helped him during his battle with cancer.

Hayward had '30 doses of radiotherapy and six of concurrent chemotherapy for a type of head and neck cancer' in April and May.

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He talks about how moments like Lionel Messi's superb Champions League semi-final goal against Bayern Munich made him "rise from my chair, and illness fell away."

It's a facinating read, which you can find here., external

We're still waiting for the opening goal in the early Champions League game in Kazakhstan...

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Jordan Ayew, Jordan Veretout, Jordan Amavi, Jose Angel Crespo, Idrissa Gueye, Adama Traore and Tiago Ilori were all brought in over the summer but none have managed to secure a regular starting place. 

None of them started against Spurs so Garde must assess them and ask a fundamental question, are they good enough? If not then he has to focus on those are he feels can help the club survive.

The word legend is often overused...

Not in this case though. Happy 70th birthday Gerd.