Will Leeds United be looking upwards or downwards next season.
Massimo Cellino has been reinstated as Leeds United owner, but what effect will it have?
With uncertainty still hanging over the future of head coach Neil Redfearn, their ability to mount a serious promotion challenge next season is yet to be established.
Leeds finished 15th in the Championship last season, and after Cellino returned from his ban yesterday, one bookies immediately began offering odds on the club’s relegation to League One in 2015/16.
Betfair are offering 4/1 that Leeds get relegated, and make it odds on that whoever begins the campaign as head coach does not make it through the season.
Michael Bowers, football Trader for Betfair, told HITC via e-mail: “There’s no denying the negative impact Cellino’s hiring and firing policy has had on the club’s performance.
“Now that the Football League have agreed to allow him back to Elland Road, we make it very short odds that the club will go through more than 1.5 managers over the course of the season and just a 4/1 shot for them to be relegated to League One.”
Leeds last season had three permanent managers and Cellino is yet to make his mind up regarding this coming season.
To contrast the odds of 4/1 to be relegated, SkyBet make it 33/1 that Leeds win promotion to the Premier League next season.
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