Simon Jordan makes 'significant' Leeds United shout after what he saw at Elland Road
Simon Jordan sees no reason to backtrack on a "significant" Leeds United prediction made before a ball was kicked.
Leeds have made a storming start to the 2026-27 campaign as they sit third in the Premier League table.
Daniel Farke's men have taken eight points across an unbeaten four-game spell to start the campaign.
Leeds thrashed Newcastle United 4-1 on Monday night to give supporters further reason to get excited about what could happen this season.
This comes on the back of a strong second half to the previous campaign that saw Leeds climb away from relegation danger.
And Jordan is now expecting the Whites to take the next step in their development under Farke.
Leeds told what could be possible this season
Farke's first goal, as ever, will be to ensure relegation is not an issue for Leeds this season.
But the German is very ambitious and he will quietly be hoping for a lot more.
Wins over Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, plus draws with Brentford and Brighton, suggest anything is possible.
Speaking on talkSPORT on Tuesday, Jordan praised Leeds' start to the season and relayed an earlier prediction he made.
"I talked [previously] about teams that are going to do well this season, and I said Leeds were going to do well.
"They might be an outside bet to do something significant this season, like getting into Europe.
"They have stayed with their manager, and rightly so, because all the noise that was coming about last year was based on his previous scenarios at Norwich where he was given no support.
"Now you have a team that is together. [Farke] changed the way they play and set themselves up differently and made themselves difficult to beat."
So former Crystal Palace chairman Jordan believes finishing in a European spot is possible for Leeds, but what does the supercomputer think?
Where supercomputer's predicting Leeds to finish
Four games in a 38-game season is hardly a massive sample size, but supporters have every right to get carried away with themselves.
Leeds have been superb at times, and made themselves hard to beat even when off it, such as against Brentford.
Nine Premier League teams qualified for Europe last season, although that was a bit of a freak scenario.
It could well be that the top seven get into the various competitions this time around.
As things stand, Leeds are in third place - enough for Champions League football.
Even the most confident of fans will not expect that to be the case eight months from now.
Yet Opta's supercomputer still has Leeds down to finish in seventh spot on roughly 53 points.
That is something Farke would not doubt take right now if offered to him in what could be a special campaign indeed for the Whites.