Leeds United's owner Massimo Cellino has been granted permission to return to the club
Italian Cellino returned as Leeds chairman today after passing the Football League's controversial Owners and Directors Test.
He had been banned by the League earlier this season after a court in Italy found him guilty of tax evasion.
Since that ban Leeds have steered clear of relegation thanks to what many see as Redfearn's competent handling of the squad.
But Cellino, upon his return, refused to rule out wholesale changes in the club he bought just over a year ago.
"I need to decide whether Neil is best for the club and can lead us back to the Premier League," Cellino told freelance journalist Simon Austin.
"I am in love with Neil and I don't want to talk to anyone else about the job. I have always believed in him and I gave him his big chance.
"I made sure he had a clause guaranteeing he would pick the team because I don't want a coach I control.
"If my coach is working in the right direction I will treat him better than anyone else in the world.
"I have made a lot of mistakes in my life and I don't want to have this."
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Massimo Cellino was initially banned by the Football League earlier this season
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Cellino, 58, resigned as club president in January after losing his appeal against the Football League's decision to disqualify him as a "relevant owner" until April following his conviction.
Director Andrew Umbers was appointed as chairman in January following Cellino's departure and the Italian expressed his disappointment with how the former has handled club affairs.
"Nothing has been sorted out and instead there is just s***," Cellino added.
"When I left, everyone was looking after their own skin rather than what was good for the club.
"Everything needs sorting out for next season - the sponsors, ground, lights, even pre-season.
"They told me we were booked for the pre-season. Then I find out the Liverpool under-17s are booked at the same place and there is only one training pitch. Amateurs.
"We also need a head of press, a head of the academy, a sporting director, a club secretary.
"This is unbelievable and quite scary. Andrew Umbers is a nice man, but this is hopeless."