Russell Crowe “seriously pursued” buying Leeds United Football Club

Russell Crowe has revealed that he once was just “a phone call away” from purchasing Leeds United Football Club.
The Gladiator star is a longtime fan of the club, after growing up watching them on Match of the Day while a young man in Australia.
And now, in an interview with fellow Leeds fan Chris Moyles on Radio X, he has disclosed how close he came to buying the club outright.
Crowe did in fact invest in the club as part of a corporate takeover by 49ers Enterprise in 2018, but he r