David Woods

Sun 2 August 2020 14:01, UK

Leeds United fans have been hoping for big investment from the QSI group after their side were promoted to the Premier League. 

Talk has been rife of fresh investment, with Leeds owner Andrea Radrizzani constantly name-checking QSI in interviews.

It started when he said that money from QSI could put Leeds in the same spending bracket as Man City.

However, the very latest talk of investment is about the San Francisco 49ers – after Radrizzani said he was looking for more outside cash.

NY Times journalist Tariq Panja said the 49ers – who already own a minority stake in the club – are in talks over increasing their share.

Sky Sports journalist Joe Rawson said this report had been “confirmed” by Sky Sports News and plenty of Leeds fans have reacted on Twitter, with one saying “No QSI then”.

Andrea Radrizzani has said that Leeds are now worth £300m and, in a come-and-get-me to new investors, added that could rise to £1bn in the future.

Extra 49ers investment makes a lot of sense, although we get the feeling that they don’t hold the same excitement as QSI for the fans.

They already have 10% of the club for around £10m and that’s now with £30m. With Leeds on the up, buying more seems like a very good business move with Radrizzani eyeing his next three-year plan to get the club back in the Champions League.

It sounds like Radrizzani wants to retain control and if he kept 51% it would really make the 49ers the 49%ers.

Here’s what the Leeds fans made of the update from the Sky Sports man…

https://twitter.com/MoorhouseMatt/status/1289514940600971265

https://twitter.com/PJWallace11/status/1289472112189509633

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