All focus at Leeds United will be on promotion currently among the players and coaching staff but upstairs, The 49ers and other board members will be preparing for a Premier League campaign.
Certainly, they will have to have their ducks in a row in order to make things happen quickly if and when Leeds do secure a place in the 2025-26 edition of the Premier League. Leeds remain joint top right now.
Phil Hay believes Leeds have a strong chance of Premier League survival if promoted, because the club have The 49ers and RedBull onboard. It gives Leeds the chance to go out and spend big on players.
Indeed, the three promoted teams are set to be relegated and Leeds will have the ability to spend more than those. Not only that, but any Financial Fairplay qualms were quashed when raking in cash in 2024.
Simon Rix shares what he has heard about Leeds United kit
Another item on the agenda upstairs at Elland Road will be next season’s kit. While RedBull’s investment may help Leeds survive, it has been widely criticised – even more so, when including their logo on the kit.
Mostly because RedBull’s logo includes some red, which is a serious no-no among Leeds fans. However, Kaizer Chiefs guitarist Simon Rix says he has “heard” that RedBull will not be on the Leeds shirt next term.
“I have heard the kit next year will not have RedBull on it. It will be RedBull sponsored, but it will not say RedBull on it. Whether that is actually true or not, we’ll see,” Rix told the Don’t Go To Bed Just Yet podcast.
Promotion first, kit later as Daniel Farke eyes 96 points
While it is necessary to have plans in place and everything ready to sanction should Leeds get promoted, the club need to actually go and do it. Eight games to play starting on Saturday, against Swansea City.
A game The Whites will be expected to win given Leeds beat Swansea away and the Welsh side have been poor, especially after the loss of captain Matt Grimes to Frank Lampard’s impressive Coventry City.
Leeds do have two sources of comfort in the race for a place in the top two. Their run-in is much easier while Burnley and Sheffield United face each other in the third-last week of the Championship season.
It is unclear how many points will be enough to secure the top two, but last season saw Ipswich and Leicester go up with 96 and 97 points. Daniel Farke is hoping Leeds can go and win 16 more points.
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