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By the way, here's me helping @MundialMag (and their preferred betting partner) with a short film series, in this case about #LUFC and Elland Road:
The other episodes (both Sheffield based) are here:
I thought it was all going to be one long film, so what you don't see are the three hours I spent angrily pontificating about Leeds United's right to win EVERYTHING that has been historically denied us, that didn't get used
This is a story about the Bielsamobile, as unearthed by @thesquareball yesterday. #bielsamobile #lufc
The Bielsamobile is an old Renault Trafic painted in 2015 to mark Bielsa’s 60th birthday by Marseille street artist @ChauvetPatrice
He also painted this mural featuring Bielsa at @olymp_marseille ultra's shop which opened in 2016.
Parachute payments are made to clubs relegated from the Premier League in order to soften the blow of the significant reduction in revenue in the Championship, especially as many players’ wages remain at a high level. The following thread looks at how these payments work.
Although the 2016/17 financial results for the Championship are now a season out-of-date, they are the most recent published by the clubs, so people might still be interested in the comparisons as the new season kicks-off. Some thoughts in the following thread.
In contrast to the Premier League, only 6 clubs in the Championship made money, led by #NFFC £32m & #BarnsleyFC £13m. In this very competitive division most clubs over-extend in a bid to reach the lucrative top flight. Largest losses at 2 promoted clubs: #NUFC £47m & #BHAFC £39m. 
Some clubs’ figures impacted by significant exceptional items, so #NFFC (£40m) and #ReadingFC (£9m) were boosted by loan write-offs. In contrast, promotion bonuses adversely affected #HTAFC £12m, #NUFC £10m and #BHAFC £9m. Newcastle also booked £22m onerous contract provisions.
Leeds United’s 2016/17 financial results covered a season when they finished 7th in the Championship under former head coach Garry Monk, thus just missing out on the play-offs #LUFC
2016/17 also saw Massimo Cellino’s three-year reign come to an end, as fellow Italian Andrea Radrizzani first bought a 50% stake in December 2016 before taking 100% ownership in May 2017. He reportedly paid £45m to acquire #LUFC.
#LUFC reported a £1m profit, around £10m better than the previous season’s £8.9m loss, mainly due to £6.1m increase in profit on player sales to £8.9m, though revenue also rose £4m (13%) to £34.1m.
