LEEDS owner Massimo Cellino admitted he is considering his future at the club yesterday and that his spell in charge is proving to be “a nightmare.”

The 59-year-old Italian lodged his appeal against a second Football League ban in 12 months on Wednesday, having failed its owners’ and directors’ test last week following another tax conviction in Italy.

Steve Evans recently became the club’s sixth head coach since Cellino took control of the club in April 2014 but he has yet to win in three games and Leeds are without a home victory in nearly eight months after Thursday night’s 2-0 defeat to Blackburn.

“I’m losing my balls,” Cellino told The Times, who have reported rumours of renewed interest in the club from Red Bull. “Ten years ago, I had more balls but since I came here it’s been a nightmare.

“Now I have a low quality of life. I feel shame when I walk to the shop to buy cigarettes if we lose a game.

“I convinced my family to come here and they have run away.

“It’s like being at a party where you’re not welcome. It’s killing me. Every night I lie awake, asking myself: ‘Am I good enough?’”

If Cellino loses his appeal he will be banned from office until June next year.