Leeds' Championship clash with Derby will be televised as planned after the club "reluctantly" allowed Sky Sports' cameras into Elland Road.

United president Massimo Cellino had intended to ban Sky from broadcasting the game in a bid to make a point about the amount of times his club have been televised this season.

Sky staff were unable to enter Elland Road on Monday, as is customary on the eve of a game, and as of 2.30pm on Tuesday, the Italian had not relaxed his position with Sky's crew and Football League executive Shaun Harvey waiting in a car park.

However, just before 3pm, Cellino - currently in Miami - relented, and allowed Sky in, although he signed off on a club statement which voiced unhappiness at the situation.

"The Football League regulations are supposed to be there to protect the integrity of the sporting competition, not to be used as a stick to beat the club on behalf of Sky," it read.

"Leeds United season ticket holders have had enough of these fixture changes, the players and staff have had enough, and Leeds United Football Club has had enough.

"It is to be noted that the League threaten a disrepute charge against the club. It is the League who are bringing their own competition into disrepute by unfairly prejudicing Leeds (and certain other clubs) by allowing Sky to unfairly disrupt Leeds United for their own commercial purposes."

Leeds' decision will be of great relief to both Sky and the League, with the former having a production crew of some 40 people on site ready to work, while the League deployed former United chief executive Harvey to search for a resolution.

Once that came, Sky's crew immediately mobilised, but there is sure to be further fallout from another chaotic incident in West Yorkshire.

Fifty-nine-year-old Cellino has never been far from the headlines since arriving at Leeds at the start of 2014 but this will rank as one of his more high-profile stunts.

Angered by Leeds' popularity with Sky Sports - the Derby game is their 10th live screening of the season with two more planned for early in 2016 - he has long been seeking to make a point to the game's dealmakers.

In October he said he would be capping Leeds' well-known large travelling support at 2,000 in a bid to prove a point, only to relent after fan dissent.

Cellino - who is waiting for the League to set a date for an appeal against a second disqualification under its Owners' and Directors' test for a tax evasion conviction - must now wait and see what, if any, action the League take in response to these events.

When it looked as though Sky would not be allowed any access, the League said Leeds would be charged with a "full range of sanctions" available if they held out.

A Football League spokesman said: "Under Football League regulations, clubs are required to provide access to the League's broadcasting partners for the purpose of setting up and filming any matches that are selected for transmission.

"Failure to do so will lead to a club being charged with misconduct with the matter being referred to an independent Football Disciplinary Commission (FDC).
"The FDC has a full range of sanctions at its disposal."