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Championship: Leeds United vice-president Edoardo Cellino tells fans to keep faith

Image: Edoardo Cellino (left): Has told the club's fans to stick by his father's vision

Leeds vice-president Edoardo Cellino has told the club's fans to stick by his father's vision after another turbulent weekend.

Massimo Cellino sacked Darko Milanic after 32 days on Saturday and is now going to make Neil Redfearn his fourth permanent boss in five months.

While the 58-year-old is no stranger to parting company with managers - he went through 36 in 22 years with Cagliari - English football is not necessarily used to his trigger-happy approach.

Edoardo Cellino, though, believes his style will bring rewards.

"(I would tell fans) to keep the faith," he told the Yorkshire Evening Post. "We have good moments, bad moments, but we will rise again. I know my dad is doing a great job, the team is growing, I see the new players getting in.

"By appointing him (Milanic) we see that we need someone better than him, and now we see he wasn't the right guy for us. We get a new coach."

With Redfearn having done a stellar job with Leeds' academy, some supporters fear the club will be losing one of its biggest assets if he falls out with Massimo Cellino and also loses his job.

"Neil is a great guy, I like him, a good coach and he gives good passion to the players," Edoardo Cellino added. "They need to be motivated every day and without putting pressure to them. They will do a good job with him.

"I'm not sure (what will happen) but I think he's doing a great job with the academy and even if my father and him fall down he will go back to the academy.

"I know he's going to do a great job. We saw before he won three games and now is the time to do the first team. We will see."

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