After weeks of speculation surrounding Marcelo Bielsa’s future at Elland Road, it must have been a relief to the vast majority of Leeds United fans when the Argentine put pen to paper on a new one year deal last Friday.
Having led the Whites to a fantastic third place finish in the Championship earlier this month on what was a relatively tight budget in comparison to some of their competitors, the 63-year-old will be looking to go one step better next season.
Yet in order to achieve success in the upcoming campaign, Bielsa must be given the freedom to bring in some top quality additions by chairman Andrea Radrizzani who has been reluctant to splash the cash since taking over at the club in 2017.
However, according to the Yorkshire Evening Post, the Whites may have to prioritise signing loan players over permanent additions in order to avoid breaching the EFL’s Financial Fair Play rules as they are currently on course register a £15m loss for the current financial year.
With journalist Phil Hay revealing the situation that the club find themselves in on Twitter, loads of Leeds fans reacted by urging for better recruitment.
Whereas joining Leeds on loan last season may have been seen as a risk by some players given Bielsa’s lack of experience in English football, the sterling job that he has done in promoting youth over the past 11 months could benefit his side’s prospects of bringing in some of the Premier League’s most exciting prospects this summer.