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Leeds Live journalist Beren Cross has suggested the 49ers will be more cautious in their investment if Leeds United are relegated.

Leeds Livejournalist Beren Cross has suggested the 49ers will be more cautious with their future investment in the club if Leeds United are relegated.journalist Beren Cross has suggested the 49ers will be more cautious with their future investment in the club if Leeds United are relegated. Leeds’ will be looking for the likes of Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha to step up and produce something special on what could be a future defining day for the club. Jesse Marsch’s side will be relegated if they fail to better Burnley’s result on the final day of the season at Brentford.

GIVEN the epic history of Yorkshire clubs – for better and worse – on the final day of seasons, then Leeds United supporters better strap themselves in and ...

On the previous two weekends to those events in Watford, there were enough twists and turns to keep a Hollywood scriptwriter busy. The rest is history. As an encore at Brentford, there was a crazy evening on the final night of the Championship season in 2019-20, which ended in Barnsley producing one of the greatest ‘Great Escapes’ from relegation of all time. And what about poor Scarborough in 1999 when the Seasiders were relegated at the death following the heroics of Carlisle keeper Jimmy Glass, who will never have to dip his hand into his pocket whenever he walks into a bar in the Cumbrian city after his last-gasp goal against Plymouth. The sight of the Reds’ keeper and captain Luke Steele, a son of Peterborough, with the ball at his feet in open play for two minutes at the end with home and away players urging him to keep it – after news of events at Selhurst Park filtered back to Yorkshire – was utterly bizarre. The substitute entered into Rovers folklore after taking a penalty that Bees captain Kevin O’Connor was supposed to take after the hosts were awarded a spot-kick in front of their expectant fans in the Ealing Road end in the fourth minute of stoppage-time and looked set to pip the visitors to automatic promotion.

Adam Pope, BBC Radio Leeds. It's the final pre-match press conference of the campaign for Jesse Marsch before we know whether he next sits in the chair as ...

What are the emotions like in a squad that could be together for the last time? Is that a motivating tool as he looks for any angle to seek an advantage? or, equally, still be condemned to a return to the Championship after two years if Burnley at least match their result.

Leeds United have an advantage heading into Sunday's (22 May) relegation decider after rescuing a draw against Brighton last weekend.

Because of their poor goal difference, a win would not keep Leeds in the Premier League if Burnley also beat Newcastle. “It makes such a difference and I honestly think it is a massive advantage going into this last game. The goal sent Elland Road into raptures and assured the Whites would not be heading into their final game of the season following a defeat.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank insists his side will go full throttle for victory against relegation-threatened Leeds on Sunday.

“Jesse Marsch still wants to press and combine but it is a little bit more zonal. I haven’t seen any other manager doing it like Bielsa and that’s why he’s a big inspiration for both me, and a lot of other coaches across the world. There has been a lot to celebrate and now they need to cheer us on for the last time this season. Hopefully we can give them a good performance. In many ways it has been a remarkable season for us. “I know we will focus on trying to win it, as we have done any other game.

The Clarets earned an all-important point away against Aston Villa in midweek which helped them to leapfrog Leeds United in the Premier League table.

We’re at home, it is in our hands but we know that there is a lot of hard work to go, 90 more minutes of work to achieve what we want to. But in terms of all those things you need at this stage of the season, I have seen that again tonight. Burnley interim boss Mike Jackson was happy with his side's battling point against Aston Villa which helped the Clarets leapfrog Leeds United out of the relegation zone with just one Premier League game left to play.

Here, we round up all the main Whites headlines in one place through our Friday morning round-up ahead of Sunday's season finale at Brentford.

The critical ambition which will sway Kalvin Phillips' Leeds United decision, according to a former Premier League star Leeds United's final day hosts Brentford will be without a key defender for Sunday's showdown against the relegation-battling Whites. Leeds United's bid for Premier League survival is out of their own hands heading into Sunday's final day of the campaign.

The last relegation spot will be filled by either Leeds United or Burnley heading into final day of the Premier League season.

While there's every chance Brentford and Newcastle could be 'on the beach' both sides do still have something to play for, meaning Burnley and Leeds will both be in for a challenging Sunday in their final games of the Premier League season. The Bees have picked up a whopping 22 points from a possible 30 since March and will be looking to finish off their debut Premier League campaign in style in front of their home fans. However, they do have a vastly worse goal difference, meaning that even a win for Leeds on the final day against Brentford away could still see Jesse Marsch's side relegated if Burnley beat Newcastle at Turf Moor.

Jesse Marsch has revealed he is excited about the challenge of maintaining Leeds United's Premier League status and stressed that his team are going to ...

Leeds turned to Marsch after choosing to sack legendary boss Marcelo Bielsa. I knew we’d have to fight for everything. We know we have to be at our best.

Craig Pawson will be the man in the middle for Burnley's crunch final day clash with Newcastle United on Sunday. The referee has overseen three Clarets ...

Don't miss a thing from the club you love! The referee has overseen three Clarets matches this season including the 2-1 away win at Watford last month when he initially awarded Burnley a penalty before changing his decision on the advice of VAR as the foul took place outside the box. He was also in charge for the reverse fixture with the Hornets at Turf Moor - a 0-0 draw - and the 2-0 home loss to Man City in April.

Brentford's final match of the 2021/22 Premier League season will be shown live by Sky Sports. The Bees will face Leeds United on Sunday, 22 May.

The teams last met in the 2019/20 season, which was interrupted and extended by the Covid-19 outbreak. Patrick Bamford equalised in stoppage time for the hosts but injured himself celebrating and has only played 100 minutes for Leeds in six-and-a-half months since. Leeds come to West London without a win in five matches. Leeds had taken 11 points from five matches before three straight defeats to Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea in an 11-day spell. The game between the teams in Yorkshire earlier this season ended in a 2-2 draw. Brentford will be looking to end their first Premier League season with a top half finish.

The Leeds United boss has issued his pre-Brentford injury update as the club look to avoid the drop into the Championship.

Leeds will start the final day of the season in the final relegation spot following Burnley's 1-1 draw at Aston Villa on Thursday evening. "Tyler Roberts was in training today, but will not be available for selection. Somewhere between two and four months, we'll see exactly how he progresses, but it's on a knee issue that he had to get sorted out, so we decided to take this time to use to get him healthy."

European Tour winner Luke Humphries is a passionate Leeds United supporter and is hoping the Elland Road club can preserve their Premier League status this ...

And the 27-year-old admits he isn’t feeling particularly confident about his side’s chances of beating the drop. “It was the 1972 FA Cup final,” he said in an interview during a visit to Elland Road last year. Humphries is in the form of his life after winning three titles so far this year, including two on the European Tour, and has headed to Germany as one of the favourites to pick up another trophy.

The 30-year-old first suffered discomfort back in September, in the 1-1 Premier League draw with Newcastle United at St James' Park. At the time, after ...

Everyone at the club wishes Luke a speedy recovery. Leeds United full-back Luke Ayling yesterday underwent knee surgery to address a long-standing issue. Luke Ayling undergoes surgery

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“It would be easier if we knew we were locked in the Premier League but there is one match to focus on. (We need) to do whatever we can to get the points.” (It is) better when we control our fate, but that’s not the case. I knew we’d have to fight for everything. I never came here to think it would be easy. Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch: “We’re excited for this challenge - we know we have to be at our best.

Weekly column. In his latest column for leedsunited.com, lifelong supporter Jon Howe reflects on the late equaliser against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.

Everyone has given everything, there will be nothing left, but at the moment we don’t know if that will be enough, and whether we will feel a dull bludgeon of pain or a heady shower of elation. What we know for certain is that, at the end of it all, and by 6pm on Sunday, there will be nothing in between. Finally, Leeds were able to keep 11 men on the pitch versus Brighton, and the fundamental benefits that numerical parity subsequently affords you in a game of football were clearly evident. Essentially, Struijk’s goal will either be quickly filed as a futile and meaningless statistic in our rollercoaster 103-year history, or it could be the golden ticket to an extended Premier League existence and trigger the next stage of transformational change at our football club. Leeds United’s season can be summed up for me by the scene in the film ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ where the character called ‘Dog’ barks at his hapless colleagues “can everyone stop getting shot?” In fairness, there is probably a scene from every film genre going that neatly characterises the haunted anxiety of this campaign, but this one succinctly captures the absurdity of trying to bring order to chaos when you have absolutely no control over it. The possibilities with the metaverse are almost endless, and I wonder if at some point we’ll be able to see critical moments of our lives being recreated, and be able to share them with digital versions of ourselves and our friends and family.

Leeds United forward Dan James is reportedly subject to interest from Atalanta ahead of the summer, with contact made between the club and the player.

He could tear up the Championship for us in a promotion-chasing side, but moving to a side pushing for European football is a big step up. “At the moment he certainly has his head turned to something else with respect to market issues, given that the team of the patron Andrea Radrizzani, a young Milanese entrepreneur, is seriously in danger of retreating.” Leeds United forward Dan James is reportedly subject to interest from Atalanta ahead of the summer, with contact made between the club and the player.

Leeds United and Burnley have written to the Premier League to ask if Everton's £371.8m worth of losses have breached financial regulations and if any ...

“External auditors have told us what we can and cannot claim against the pandemic. On Sunday the Whites travel to Brentford and Burnley host Newcastle, as their 2022/23 fates are decided. If they believe they maybe would have been able to sell Cenk Tosun for £60m in a non-Covid environment that's their call.

A look at how an unlikely rivalry has developed between Brentford and Leeds in recent seasons.

With both sides were vying for automatic promotion, Leeds had hit a wall in their season and entered the game at Griffin Park in terrible form. That was also the first time Thomas Frank had taken charge of a match with Leeds following his appointment earlier in the season. Striker Ollie Watkins won a penalty for the Bees in which replays showed there was minimal, if any contact at all. That means Leeds head to west London needing a result against a side that an unlikely rivalry has been built in recent seasons. The first game which ignited the flame came back in February 2018, when neither side had any real aspirations of achieving promotion. Leeds United head to Brentford this weekend in a season finale that will decide their Premier League fate.

When a relegation battle goes to the final day of the season, as the Premier League's will for Leeds United, things have a habit of getting complicated.

Such is the mess they have made of an injury-disrupted season up to now, even that may not be enough. “I would hate to see some of the guys go because I think I’ve made a real connection and I think there’s big potential.” “I try to not be a result-based manager, I try to be based on the process, but I’ve had 12 matches where that’s been really tough to manage and certainly this one will be the toughest. Leeds estimated their losses at £23m, but Everton reckoned it cost them £170m, citing the decreasing value of players they say they would have sold. The loophole they are confident they have got through is the decision to allow clubs Covid-19 leeway. The angry anti-board chants minutes before Leeds turned impending defeat at Brighton and Hove Albion into a draw were a taste of what is to come if things go awry.

Commentator Sam Matterface believes Leeds United will fall to a damaging defeat against Brentford on Sunday and face Premier League relegation.

For Leeds, Marsch will need to come up with a meticulous plan to keep Leeds competitive for as long as possible and try and steal a goal. The Elland Road faithful will be hopeful of a positive result, but when taking into account Brentford’s recent form and how Leeds have struggled of late there will need to be a huge shift in performance for the Whites to pick up a result. Commentator Sam Matterface believes Leeds United will fall to a damaging defeat against Brentford on Sunday [22 May].

Former Leeds United defender Pontus Jansson will go up against the Whites as a Brentford player this weekend.

Of course, I’d prefer that they were already safe, but we want to win this game and finish as high as possible.” I want to win no matter what. I still have many friends there.

Leeds are 17th in the Premier League table as things stand (ahead of the midweek fixtures), with their battle to extend their stay in the Premier League to ...

He has got such phenomenal talent and ability and he has also got that knack of doing brilliant things at brilliant moments, like he did on Sunday. He has been a bright spark in what has been a pretty gloomy year. There were fans who were concerned before the start of the season that they had not recruited enough or done enough to the squad, but I think the overriding mood was that they would have enough and they would be OK – and that was certainly the mood within the club as well. When they came up out of the Championship, the way they recruited, they said in the very first transfer window that they were trying to build a squad that would last for two years in the Premier League. If they do stay up, you would have to say that it has barely done that and there are going to have to be substantial changes made. That tends to be the story of clubs who go down or clubs who get into trouble – and it is not really much of a mystery, at this point, to understand why Leeds are where they are. There was that run of five games without defeat and, quite honestly, at the end of that, there was a very calm mood around the club; there was a feeling that they had just about done enough and it would be a challenge for the teams below them to catch up on them. Leeds are 17th in the Premier League table as things stand (ahead of the midweek fixtures), with their battle to extend their stay in the Premier League to be settled on the final day of the season.

The Premier League relegation battle will come down to the final day of the season with one of Leeds United or Burnley set to play in the Championship next ...

They are playing for survival, so I expect them to show enough fight and get a positive result. Their highest-ever position is fifth in the old First Division, in 1936, and they could still make ninth this year. And two legendary former players are predicting different outcomes for the final day of the season.

Passion, emotion and determination are guaranteed when Leeds United's players walk out at the Brentford Community Stadium tomorrow, but striking the right ...

“It’s better when we fully control it but that’s not the case. “More than anything (we have to be sure) we’re not risking him at any level. And our fanbase has been amazing throughout the process.” That’s a challenge (to strike the right balance) right now. If anything, they have taken coach Jesse Marsch’s constant instructions to be “aggressive” too far. “He didn’t come to give a talk, he just was here and he’s such a wonderful man,” explains Marsch. “He has a lot of wisdom and he’s been very generous to me so I like speaking with him.”