Leeds are on track to finally return to the Premier League after 16 years away from the top-flight.
A lot has changed in England’s top division since Leeds were last in the big leagues.
There are new teams, new stadiums and new technologies, but the biggest thing that has changed is the financial power of every team.
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We’re living in an era where newly-promoted sides are able to spend in excess of £100m, and United must be licking their lips at the prospect of the huge financial windfall they receive upon promotion.
However, Leeds may actually end up spending a lot of their cash without actually strengthening their squad.
United are already committed to spending £15m on Helder Costa this summer, and they will have to outlay another £8m if they want to keep hold of Jack Harrison, which is pretty likely according to one journalist.
Add into this the fact that their options to buy Jean-Kevin Augustin and Illan Meslier become obligations (also dependent on appearances for Meslier) upon promotion, and Leeds will be forced to spend €27m (£22.6m) on the French pair if they go up.
Phil Hay has also stated that Leeds will want to get involved in the tussle to sign Ben White, but the journalist also claimed that Liverpool could be in for him. Add into that the fact that he’s recently been linked with a £25m move to Chelsea and get an idea of much United will have to outlay to sign the Brighton loanee.
If United get the centre-back for £25m, then they may end up spending £70.6m just to keep their current team together.
Spending that much to not even improve what you currently have sounds preposterous, but those are the dangers of relying too heavily on the loan market and installing big-money clauses.
In other news, Saturday should have acted as a wake-up call for Victor Orta.