Soccer: Buyer must have Leeds ‘in blood’, says chief

LEEDS chief executive Trevor Birch believes any prospective new owner has to have the club “in the blood”.

Birch, portrayed as the man who saved Chelsea from ruin with the introduction of billionaire Russian Roman Abramovich, is now attempting to douse the financial fires which have long raged out of control at Elland Road.

Birch remains confident he will save Leeds from administration, and believes not only will no players be sold in the January transfer window, but new faces will arrive.