49ers Enterprises have already signed up to waste a lot of money at Leeds United on Georginio Rutter
Leeds United crashed into the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday 18 February after falling to yet another embarrassing defeat at Everton.
Michael Skubala is in charge temporarily but is still using the exact same formation and flawed tactics that saw Jesse Marsch sacked at Elland Road.
On top of that, he is using the exact same players and making zero changes to the starting line-up which continues to disappoint and more importantly, lose.
Georginio Rutter has enjoyed what can only be described as an average start to life at Elland Road.
The young Frenchman looks out of his depth in the Premier League and has come off the bench four games in a row to absolutely no effect, annoyingly.
What makes it worst is that Victor Orta made Rutter the club record signing, surpassing the fee paid for Rodrigo, which may go past £30million in the end.
The Athletic even reported that the 49ers Enterprises agreed to pay future instalments for the striker, meaning they will pay the brunt of this bill.
Problem.
This is where the problem lies, the 49ers will be expecting big results, not only in the obvious sense but from the players they are going to be paying for when taking over from Andrea Radrizzani.
If Leeds are relegated to the Championship, that bill simply doesn’t disappear, it will only grow larger due to the lack of cash distribution in the EFL compared to the Premier League.
Looking at Rutter right now, they will be raging.
Of course, Orta and the club see this as a smart signing due to his “potential” but Leeds don’t need that right now, they need someone who can fire them out of this predicament – that isn’t happening.
We don’t want to single one player out, but given the huge amount of money that is due, we need to see results, and for that to happen, Rutter needs to be given the chance to start.
It’s not as though the performances of others are keeping him out.
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