Massimo Cellino has made it clear that he remains in power at Leeds United despite being banned by the Football League.

Cellino's tax issues in his native Italy have once again forced the Football League to suspend the Whites chief but the former owner of Cagliari says he will appeal the ban while re-iterating his stance on his role at Elland Road.

He told Sky Sports News HQ: "Why now? Ask the Football League why now, after last year they accepted my appeal for disqualification. I thought it was the end of this kind of thing.

"It is like when you go to trial and they cut your head off before it is finished and you are convicted. My trial in Italy is not finished. I don't have any conviction and I have already paid in England for something I have not been convicted of.

"I respect the legal rules and to be correct, and I don't want to let the club be hurt anymore. My lawyers are going to appeal and if I didn't trust in the law and the rules, I wouldn't appeal. I do it because i think I am right in the end and I am looking for justice.

"I am running the club, I will always be running the club and I am still running the club. I pretend that I am innocent and I am confident everything is going to be right."

Cellini added: "For the good of the club I can walk away tomorrow, I don't have any problem. I'm not happy, I'm tired and facing new problems every day. It is a complicated club and is not easy to run.

"But walking away is the easiest thing to do but I do not think it is the right thing to do for the club. I am dying to bring this club back to the Premier League."