Leeds United are currently equal on points with Burnley in the relegation battle, with both side sitting on 34 points, with four games remaining for both. Meanwhile, Everton sit just two points behind but have an extra game to play, including a fixture against a doomed looking Watford.
As such, Leeds find themselves in perhaps the most difficult position, given their inferior goal difference and more difficult fixtures.
However, just a few weeks ago, it looked like Burnley would be the ones most likely to be relegated. Leeds had defeated Watford, while Burnley lost to Norwich City and looked set to be relegated with the Hornets and the Canaries.
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However, Burnley's Chairman Alan Pace intervened, sacking Sean Dyche and replacing him with under-23 boss Mike Jackson on an interim basis. The temporary boss has so far been working miracles though, as he has delivered 10 points in Burnley's four games since his appointment.
But a report by the BBC has revealed that Burnley's latest set of accounts show that Pace's motivation for that move was in order to attempt to avoid a 'significant' repayment on a loan taken out when ALK Capital bought the club in a leveraged buyout in the summer.
The new owners were said to have borrowed £65million against the club and the repayments structure on the loan would be 'brought forwards' should they drop into the Championship. Were this to happen, it could limit Burnley's ability to recruit the players needed to mount a promotion challenge in order to quickly return to the Premier League.
As the relegation battle has had many twists and turns in recent weeks, it's hard to predict how things will play out. However, Jesse Marsch will be hoping that Burnley feel the pressure in their remaining fixtures. This would open up the door for Leeds to regain their lead in the battle to escape relegation and leave Pace to pick up the pieces of Burnley's financial troubles.
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