Leeds are in turmoil. 5 managers in a year. it would be a risky move.
As a Leeds fan I'd be stoked, we've got a decent manager now but I have a feeling a feeling that he won't be the first kiwi at Elland Road since Danny "Tin Man" Hay.
Also, we are probably the biggest side in the Championship, so if he signed on and we managed to go up, I can quickly see him being demoted/bench warming like Hay did before him.
Leeds are the Liverpool of the Championship, right? Keep saying how big they are, but haven't done anything for a while?
Except that Leeds would love to have Liverpool's money and financial stability. They've been financially crippled for a fourteen years due to over-spending in their Premier League days when Peter Ridsdale was chairman. They were in League One in 2010.
Things have improved apparently in that they "only" lost 22 million pounds last year (to June)....
New owner Massimo Cellino inherited 40 million pounds of debt.
But the former owner of Serie A club Cagliari seems to be turning things around and aims to break even soon.
Chris is Leeds' most expensive signing since Nick Barmby in 2002 from Liverpool.
So splashing that sort of cash indicates Mr Cellino is lubricating Leeds' wheels quite nicely...
However, Cellino is under investigation in Italy for failing to pay import tax on two multi-million dollar yachts and has only just been reinstated as club chairman following being banned by the Football League for a conviction for tax evasion in Italy last year.
Manager Uwe Rösler has been described as liking his teams "to play a high, pressing style of football, and is also a fan of squad rotation among players. With a 4-3-3 or 3-5-2 his favoured formations. Rösler compared his style and brand of football similar to the philosophies of German compatriot Jurgen Klopp."
Might suit Chris with the squad rotation - and Rosler has certainly been very approving of Chris in the media.
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