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Former Leeds United boss tips the club to miss out on promotion

Former Leeds United boss Neil Redfearn has tipped the club to miss out on the Championship play-offs this season.

New boss Thomas Christiansen has significantly strengthened Leeds’ squad this summer as the club looks to improve on last year’s seventh place finish, but Redfearn believes the Whites are set for more heartache this term.

“I honestly don’t think they will get in the playoffs, if I’m honest”, Redfearn told Radio Yorkshire. “But I think they will learn a lot this season.

“It’s all new, a new owner, a new manager, a new director of football, there’s a lot of newness, a new way of playing, new players.