The player that would have saved Leeds United
2What if Frank Lampard signed for Leeds? #lampard #leeds
Leeds United were on the shortest road to ruin possible. From the cock of the walk of Champions League football to the pits of despair that they call third-tier football with a points deduction. It didn’t have to be like this, and one player could have stopped this.
Seth Johnson is often used as the landmark for Peter Ridsdale’s reckless spending when he bet the club’s future season ticket sales on qualifying for the Champions League.
His £9 million transfer in October 2001, coupled with mammoth wages, wasn’t enough to qualify the Yorkshire club for the biggest competition of the lot.
Their original target was one Frank Lampard. Albeit not in his peak, could Frank Lampard have saved the club? Today we ask: what if he signed for Leeds?
Voice: Jake Doyle
Words: Jake Doyle
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