Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani says following Leicester City and Wolves into Europe is 'impossible' in short term

The Italian is preaching realism when it comes to the Whites’ approach to a first top-flight season since 2004, so they can build a platform from which they can achieve bigger things when the time is right.

His club has a rich history of European involvement but it’s simply not on the radar for the immediate future, despite examples set by Leicester City and Wolves

“It’s impossible,” Radrizzani said in an interview with Associated Press.“It would be wrong to do it because there is no foundation to do that. So obviously, there are teams that have done an unbelievable story like Leicester, but Leicester is an example also of stability and sustainability over time.

“But I think we need to be realistic about what our possibilities are now, and our objective is to stay in the Premier League.

“We need to keep that objective and motivation in our mind, to work hard to be where we were 20 years ago.

“But also at the same time knowing that the world has changed and we need to work in a different way.”

Radrizzani believes a two-year minimum stay in the Premier League would allow Leeds to start dreaming of a challenge for the upper echelons of the table.

In order to avoid relegation this season they have already taken steps to strengthen the squad with the addition of Rodrigo and Robin Koch from Valencia and SC Freiburg respectively.

Others are expected to follow, but according to Radrizzani they must proceed cautiously in order to give Bielsa players who typify the values and culture already in place.

“We work at the moment to select players that fit with our system and they fit with the demanding process that Marcelo Bielsa has in place,” he said. “We chose a lot of hard workers [with] commitment and discipline, respect. So we identify players that match with this characteristic. We need to be very careful.”