Speaking on his podcast, Phil Hay has shared an interesting update on what Leeds will try to do in the summer transfer window.
The Athletic journalist was reflecting on last year’s business, and his co-hosts asked him if a similar sort of outlay was on the cards this summer.
Leeds of course spent close to £100m last year, and after increased investment from the San Francisco 49ers, Hay says the Whites will try to spend big again this summer.
However, as with every club, they have to be mindful of the impact of the ongoing pandemic.
“They will try to, but they’re going to have to be mindful, as everybody is, of covid and the impact covid is going to have on crowds and everything else,” Hay said.
“Nobody is even talking now about the possibility of crowds being back in before the end of the season, that’s not to say that there won’t be a few trial events or whatever else.”
Hay then went on to speak more about the impact not having a crowd has had on Leeds, before returning to the initial point.
“But yeah, if they feel confident about the financial position and they don’t feel ridiculously stretched by covid and the previous summer window then they absolutely will do significant business, I think they definitely will recruit one way or the other, but the amount they spend is going to depend on other factors.”
This is certainly interesting to hear.
Leeds seem to have more big plans in place this summer when it comes to recruitment, but we’ll have to wait and see whether or not they come to fruition.
Hopefully, crowds are back in and some of the biggest revenue streams in football return as vaccines get rolled out and life begins to return to some semblance of normality, but unfortunately we can’t bank on anything on that front.
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