San Francisco 49ers marketing boss Alex Chang denies they're influencing transfer policy at Leeds United.

Chang insists American arrivals at Leeds in the form of Jesse Marsch, Brenden Aaronson and Tyler Adams were not influenced by minority shareholders 49ers Enterprises.

Speaking to the SportsPro Podcast, Chang said: “The American influence on Leeds is serendipitous, with us having these rights, the folks they signed during the off-season with Brenden and with Tyler.

“Again, serendipitous, we have nothing to do with that, but it's cool to have some American players there and then they're actually playing very well. Jesse's doing a great job as well.

"Having that connection is nice and if that helps us strengthen that connection between the two organisations, that's great, that helps. Our fans here in the US become Leeds fans because of that strong American connection. That's great too and we want to encourage that."