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Royal Mail chairman Allan Leighton is heading for a showdown with regulators over calls to break up the postal service as part of plans to increase market competition.

Mr Leighton is likely to warn a trade and industry select committee tomorrow that an enforced separation of the delivery network, including all postmen, from the rest of the group could spell disaster for its three-year recovery plan.

Royal Mail insiders believe highly regarded Mr Leighton may even resign if further controls are placed on what he sees as an already over-regulated body.

ADAM CROZIER, the former chief executive of the Football Association who resigned after a bust-up with football club chairmen, is thought to be a candidate to run Royal Mail.

Allan Leighton, the Royal Mail chairman who is also a non-executive director of Leeds United, is expected to make a decision on the position in the next few days. Four candidates are on his list, though Mr Leighton yesterday declined to comment on whether Mr Crozier was one of them.

Mr Crozier left the FA five weeks ago after a dispute with Premier League chairmen, who wanted a bigger say in how the FA’s revenues are distributed.