Hull City will take legal action if they do not win the Championship play-off final this afternoon.
Club owner Acun Ilicali has insisted that he will launch a claim should the Tigers not beat Middlesbrough at Wembley Stadium.
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Hull were in limbo as to who they might face in the capital today after Southampton were expelled from the season finale due to their ‘Spygate’ scandal.
The EFL concluded that the Saints did not warrant a place in the final, and as such, reinstated Boro, who Tonda Eckert’s side defeated 2-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
Kim Hellberg’s men were beaten in extra time at St Mary’s Stadium and thought that their season was over before the EFL ruling was passed.
Southampton appealed, but saw their efforts knocked back.
As such, it left Sergej Jakirovic’s side limited time to prepare for an unknown opponent, and owner Ilicali has now called for legal action should his side not be promoted to the Premier League on Saturday.
"Our legal team says that we have to go for action, that's for sure," Ilicali told the BBC.
"So we have no doubt about it. Here, all we want is justice. If justice is broken, nobody will enjoy football.
"If this action was so big that a team is out of the play-offs, why didn't they let them not play the semi-final, investigate and take Southampton out and put Wrexham in?
"Why is Wrexham out now? Put Wrexham in and continue the competition.
"For me, an eliminated team {being] put back - also our lawyers say this and that's their opinion too - is an incredibly wrong decision.”
Ilicali said that he did not want to take away from the players’ focus by commenting on the EFL’s investigation and conclusion into Southampton.
"Now I can talk a little more because now the boys are in the stadium and they will not hear me. I didn't want to make their focus disturbed.
"Decisions are discussable from what I understand from our lawyers, very discussable.
"But of course we have to focus on the game and the boys are tough enough to overcome these difficulties."
There was further controversy before kick off at Wembley, with the Hull team bus damaged before it was due to take the squad over the stadium.
It is reported that a window was broken after objects were hurled at the bus, but no players or staff were on board and no-one has been injured.
