Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has claimed that Derby County selling their stadium to a sister company is more cheating than Leeds sending a scout to watch their opponents train.

Derby sold their stadium, Pride Park, to a separate company owned by chairman Mel Morris for £80million to make a profit, before leasing the stadium back.

Radrizzani was speaking at the FT Business of Football Summit in London today, when he claimed that Derby selling their stadium to a sister company is worse than Leeds sending a member of staff to secretly watch their opponents train.

Earlier in the season, Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa admitted to sending a member of staff to secretly watch the Derby players train, ahead of the Championship game between the two sides at Elland Road, which Leeds won 2-0.

Bielsa then admitted to sending someone to watch every one of Leeds' opponents this season and the club were fined £200,000 by the EFL, with Bielsa recently admitting that he paid the fine himself.

Speaking today, Radrizzani claimed that Derby selling their stadium to a sister company is worse than Leeds sending a scout to watch their opponents train.

The journalist Raphael Honigstein was covering the event where Radrizzani was speaking and delivered this update via Twitter.

Derby produced one of the greatest comebacks in play-off history against Leeds at Elland Road last week, coming from 2-0 down on aggregate to win 4-3 and set up a final with Aston Villa on May 27.

The Verdict:

These are very interesting comments for Radrizzani.

Some will look at what Derby did with their stadium and see it as a bit naughty, but technically there is nothing within the rules to say that they cannot do that.

The same thing can be said about Leeds, as the club technically did not break any rules, although they were fined £200,000 by the EFL.