Leeds United vice-chairman Paraag Marathe is remaining coy regarding a potential buyout clause at Elland Road. Marathe, who is also president of 49ers Enterprises, now own a 44 per cent stake in the Whites. The investment arm of NFL side the San Francisco 49ers also has the option to purchase a majority stake from Leeds owner and chairman - Andrea Radrizzani - in 2024.
Speaking to BBC sports editor Dan Roan on The Sports Desk podcast, Marathe said: "I sort of just take it one day at a time. I'm really enjoying the ride and the biggest thing on my mind is Crystal Palace. I can't really think past that to be honest with you.
"I'm very much enjoying the ride. I'm very much enjoying everything about it and I do think there's so much more we can do, whether it be with the stadium, whether it be with on the pitch or generally just growing the organisation. But, right now, I'm just focussed on Palace and we'll see what happens next week."
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US investment into the Premier League has come under scrutiny in recent season, given Todd Boehly's All-Star suggestion and the collapse of the Super League proposals. However, Marathe does not have grand plans for the club that would strip away the 'aura' of Leeds United.
"I'll be honest with you, the main thing is to protect the magic and electricity that is in Elland Road," he added. "The answer then is it's probably a stadium expansion than a new stadium because I don't want to take away that aura.
"Players from the other 19 clubs, if they're going to list the three worst places that they want to play on the road, Elland Road is probably one, two or three for them. I don't want to take that away."
When asked why Marathe got involved with Leeds and what he brings to the club, he said: "Speaking for myself, this is the most popular sport in the world and one of the most popular leagues in the entire world. It's such a cultural phenomenon, not just in the UK and Europe but around the world and it's big business and big competition.
"I think a lot of us American sports owners and executives, we live for the competition, we live for the winning and losing of it and you see it in English football. The emotions, the jeopardy and the intensity are just almost magnified.
"It's probably not good for any of our heart health. I know mine included, but it's just fabulous, it's fascinating, it's energy."
The differences between American sport - the NFL, NBA and NBL - are huge, with most investors guaranteed to make money on their investment back in the US. However, a number of Premier League owners, the Glazers in particular, have come under fire for their ownership of clubs.
"Oh boy, I don't even look at it or think about it that way," said Marathe when asked about seeing a return on his investment. "I think about winning and losing. I think about building a group of players that play for one another on the pitch, play for their city and play for their supporters.
"Doing that and building something that is bigger than some of the pieces - in time and indirectly a return on investment will come around. That's just not how we think about it.
"Here at the 49ers, we think about what we need to do to build ourselves a Super Bowl winner? What do we need to do to put ourselves in a position to win the Super Bowl?
"If you can do that, everything else follows. It's the same thing here, even when you ask that question I don't think about it in those terms. I'm thrilled to be a part of it, I'm thrilled to be involved and obviously I want us to build something that is financially sustainable but I want to win - that's what it comes down to."
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