Leeds United are facing an uncertain future.
Not only are the Yorkshire giants genuine candidates to be relegated back to the Championship, but with owner Andrea Radrizzani contemplating selling the club, fans face an anxious wait to learn the club’s fate ahead of next season.
However, although the side’s chances of Premier League survival are set to go to the final day when they will host Tottenham Hotspur at Elland Road, hopes of a potential takeover have been handed a boost.
Writing in a recent article, The Athletic’s Leeds United journalist Phil Hay provided a positive update, suggesting that talks between Radrizzani and the 49ers Enterprise have recently ‘intensified’.
“Over the past couple of weeks, talks between majority shareholder Andrea Radrizzani and minority group 49ers Enterprises have intensified about how the boardroom will look if relegation bites,” Hay wrote.
“A deal for Radrizzani to sell to 49ers Enterprises is already in place should Leeds stay up but the Americans are keen on buying control regardless, and are actively discussing an arrangement which allows them to move to a majority position in the EFL.”
I hope this is true. By his own admission Radz has taken th club as far as he can. The management within the club is shambolic at best. I’m sure the 49rs would put that right and get us back in the Premiership sooner rather than in another 16 years
Radz has done extremely well with the monies he’s had available and should we be relegated hopefully the 49 ers or Radz will want an immediate return to the top flite and hopefully this will mean keeping some of our better players. Norwich city have managed to return to the premiship on many occasions, perhaps we need to follow their model.
Parachute payments should allow us to hold onto the better players but some no doubt will have a clause in the contract to allow them to move on should we be relegated.
A few tried and tested players to add a bit of grit to a poor midfield and I’m sure we will come back up with the right British manager and not an untested cheap foreign manager.
Radz screwed the ckub over with Orta and now we will get dropped but hopefully the new owners will invest in real players not bus loads of under 17’s.