Leeds United transfer news: The huge summer budget revealed, two England strikers being eyed up and the three goalkeeper targets
Leeds are back in the big time and desperate to break the promotion curse of the last two seasons, where every Championship side that goes up must come down.
After a spring wobble, promotion was secured with relative ease and Leeds will return to the Premier League after two seasons away primed to take advantage of their American investment.
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