Inside Leeds United’s Tumultuous 2000s: How Mismanagement Sank a Premier League Giant
“That was very tough to take, especially as we had competed in the UEFA Cup during the 2002-03 season,” Radebe tells FourFourTwo as he recalls the rapid nature of the club’s decline.
“The next year, we saw the decline in our players and standard of game,” he continues. “It was saddening because we were trying hard, but it felt like everything was against us.”
The club’s financial issues were beginning to hit home after chairman Peter Ridsdale’s admission that the club had ‘lived the dream’ and bankrolled a series of spending sprees on the assumption that the club would be regular participants in the Champions League.
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