Leeds United are set for another Premier League away day as they look for three points to boost their survival hopes.

And it will see Leeds take on Nottingham Forest, who have had an incredible rise from Championship relegation candidates to European qualifiers in the space of just four years.

Forest have set the blueprint on how to stay up in the Premier League, in terms of splashing money to survive, spending an incredible £170million in 2022-23 as they came 16th.

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Leeds have somewhat followed suit this season, with owners 49ers Enterprises spending £100million on a raft of new players for manager Daniel Farke – but it was nothing like Sunday’s opponents’ first splurge, and the reason why has been laid bare by TBR Football’s financial expert, Adam Williams.

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The intriguing factor here is that Forest and Leeds are both extremely similar, and yet at the same time, have operated completely differently.

Both are historically huge clubs, with Forest’s two European Cup wins in 1979 and 1980 propelling them to stardom, while Leeds were domestically successful during the 1970s and 1990s.

However, Leeds struggled to remain in...