The son of the Leeds chairman, Massimo Cellino, is under pressure to explain an Instagram post where he used the hashtags “gestapo” and “ss”.
Ercole Cellino, who in March was reported to have referred to one woman as a “whale” and told her to stop eating in an exchange on the social media site, is listed as a director at Elland Road.
Posting a photograph of himself having a haircut on Friday, he wrote: “Alternative lunch break.... Yes I did... Welcome to Calabria #gestapo#ss#army#military#guerilla#warrior”
Asked to explain by one user, Ercole later added: “Obviously my parents are the hashtag jokes. It was not my intention to offend anyone. Look I can be anything but anti-Semitic or racist,” before signing off with a winking emoticon.
Leeds have so far declined to comment. Ercole’s older brother Edoardo, who is also a director of Leeds, was handed a suspension following an independent regulatory commission hearing into a private message exchange on Facebook where he reportedly called a supporter a “spastic” and a “moron”.
He was fined £5,000, warned about his future conduct and told he must complete an education course within four months.
