'It didn't work' - Andrea Radrizzani on blame for Leeds United failure and new owners prediction - YEP 8/9/23
Andrea Radrizzani has weighed in on the blame for Leeds United failure amid defending large aspects of his Whites tenure.
By Lee Sobot
Italian businessman Radrizzani first became involved with
Leeds when purchasing 50 per cent of the club through his Aser Ventures Group
in January 2017 before completing a 100 per cent buy out at the end of the
2016-17 campaign.
Leeds then finally ended a 16-year exile from the country’s
top division through promotion as Championship champions in the summer of 2020
but the Whites are now back in the second tier following last season’s
relegation having only avoided the drop on the final day of the previous term.
The club has since been taken over by 49ers Enterprises who
purchased Radrizzani’s majority remaining shares this summer and United’s
former chairman has made a confident prediction about the club’s future as he
also highlighted United’s progress as a whole under his tenure.
Radrizzani was asked on Twitter for his thoughts on chief
executive Angus Kinnear’s interview on The Square Ball podcast and about the
Whites ‘blame’ to which he replied: “Mine too. First to be responsible for a
failure.
The Italian added: "We all did a good job for few
years, at the end it didn't work. Now the club is in good hands and I am sure
will bounce back soon stronger. In a few years these would be remembered as a
phase to consolidate the club and make it bigger. Lets move on.”
In reply to a another fan, Radrizzani wrote: “We did wonders
for a few years and (got) back to the Premier League after 16 years. Not too
bad actually."
