As far as Ken Bates is concerned, any reduction in the penalty would be worth millions when he may sell the club in the summer.
Leeds are currently in the play-off places and Bates, in talks with a number of interested parties, according to the Daily Mail, could get a much higher price if the club were to be promoted.
But ominously for Bates, the Mail report that the penalty, imposed last summer because Leeds went into administration, will be ratified at the arbitration, expected to last a week.