Leeds United chairman Andrea Radrizzani insists the club has top six potential.
Leeds, in their second campaign back in the top flight, have had a tough start to the season, picking up 10 points from their opening 10 games.
But Radrizzani says: "Now we are partnered with 49ers, this is fundamentally very important because it will be very difficult to stay in the Premier League, but if we stay in it this year I think we can go much more than last year and go into the top six.
"Start to renovate the stadium and continue to grow the value of this club."
He also said at the Web Summit in Lisbon: "All my life I have been seen as an underdog, people didn't give me credit. It happened with Leeds United, people said it would crash, he has never done football before, he will lose money.
"Aser (global investment company of which Radrizzani is the chair) invested about £100million in buying and rebuilding the club from the Championship. We are now in the Premier League, we have a lot of international, not only in the first team.
"We have completely turned around the club and the value is now probably four times higher.
"It was a good investment, a great bet and a good challenge. We always come with rationale, people think I am crazy but there is always a rationale because we know with the right people and the right management and a right plan, give the time to flourish the project we could achieve the right result. That's what we did."
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