Evans headed abroad for a short break without an answer regarding his contract, which expires in fewer than six weeks. Cellino called a meeting of the club’s board to go over his strategy for the summer and next season, and Evans’s position was expected to be debated. The 53-year-old, who has spent most of the past two weeks scouting players in the UK and France, is not believed to have received any contact from the club last night. He and Cellino last spoke at length on April 29, the day before Leeds’s last home game of the Championship term. The first two weeks of the close season have been dominated by off-field issues concerning Italian court cases involving Cellino, a pending Football League ban which the 59-year-old appears to have avoided and misconduct charges brought against Cellino by the Football Association over Leeds’s sale of Ross McCormack to Fulham two years ago. United are still to publish an official retained list, confirming which of their out-of-contract players will be leaving Elland Road. Striker Mirco Antenucci has already announced on social media that he is moving on and centre-back Scott Wootton is also expected to part company with United after it emerged that Leeds never finalised an agreement in February 2015 to extend his contract beyond the end of the 2015-16 campaign. United announced yesterday that Clipper Logistics – the company run by local businessman Steve Parkin – have agreed a deal to be the club’s second shirt sponsor next season. Leeds have already negotiated a three-year contract with online casino firm 32Red to be the main sponsor.