Limbo is possibly the best way to describe Leeds United’s current situation. Although you could say this feeling of stasis has hung over the club since 49ers Enterprises took its shareholding to within a touching distance of 51-per-cent control.
The elephant in every room discussing the Whites has been the American investment waiting to swoop and reset the table at Elland Road. It’s always been a question of when, and not if, Andrea Radrizzani hands over the keys to Paraag Marathe et al.
Now, as with 12 months ago, divisional status makes it that much harder for anyone inside the club, from the top to the bottom, to plan with any certainty how the next phase of the organisation looks. There are only 10 more days of a purgatory which has hung over the club since the World Cup ended that spell of two wins in 11 everyone grew worried about.