they are currently in debt to the tune of twice the amount leeds were when they went titties up. according to the times recently, they need to beat real madrid in the european tie to make an initial interest payment. apparently they have based their future revenue on qualifying for the champs' league for each of the next seven seasons - similar to leeds there. the management may be more competent than ridsdale & co., but if results don't go their way it could be the case that no amount of acumen will rescue them from disaster.