Leeds United's chaotic season has been laid out in a series of revelations, including being talked out of sacking Jesse Marsch - twice - and US stakeholders intervening to stop Jack Harrison joining Leicester.
The Yorkshire side have three games remaining - Newcastle, West Ham and Tottenham - to stave off relegation, but the signs look ominous, despite the appointment of relegation firefighter Sam Allardyce.
Allardyce, is the fourth person in Leeds' dugout since February, and the Athletic have now detailed the chaos that has engulfed their season.
Owner Andrea Radrizzani, that once proclaimed he wanted to take Leeds back into European football by the time he sells his 56 per cent majority stake, was confident in pre-season that another flirt with relegation would be 'impossible'.