‘It would take zero shame from 49ers Enterprises to admit Daniel Farke Leeds transfer reveal’
Daniel Farke wasn’t responsible for the profile of players Leeds United signed in the previous transfer window.
Chelsea were beaten at Elland Road on 3 December, easing some pressure on the German manager.
The Guardian reported on 1 December that senior figures at the Whites expected the 49-year-old head coach to be sacked if he lost to Enzo Maresca’s team and Liverpool, and the same report claimed that some insiders raised questions about the players he signed in the summer.
Farke worked closely with Adam Underwood on recruitment, but the former Norwich City boss may have had to make some compromises.
Leeds United transfer strategy not on Daniel Farke
Farke wasn’t the one who opted to go physical rather than technical with Leeds’ summer signings, Graham Smyth says.
The YEP journalist has claimed that suggestions in The Guardian are entirely the opposite of what he understands the recruitment strategy at Elland Road to be.
It would take someone with “zero shame” in the West Yorkshire outfit’s hierarchy to blame the quality of reinforcements in LS11 on the German manager.
Speaking on the Inside Elland Road Podcast on 4 December, Smyth said: “There was a line in the piece that said club insiders that club insiders or people near the top of the club felt that Farke went too physical with the recruitment and not technical enough. That’s entirely opposite of our understanding of what it was in the summer.”
The journalist added: “I don’t think anyone at the 49ers… it would take someone with zero shame, with minus shame, to try and pin recruitment on Farke and say, ‘Oh, actually we wanted to go more technical.'”
The 49ers are still keeping an eye on replacements for Farke, and no matter how the season unfolds, they will have to take responsibility.
Daniel Farke should demand one new signing as priority
Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha have picked up injuries and may be unavailable against Liverpool on 6 December.
Leeds seemed to have found the perfect formula to survive relegation with the 5-3-2 formation, but fitness issues may hinder the German manager from setting up the same way in the upcoming games.
Calvert-Lewin and Nmecha have a history of being consistently injured, making the addition of a new number nine in January an undoubted priority.
Joel Piroe and Harry Gray are the two other options at centre-forward for the West Yorkshire outfit, but it would certainly be too much to count on the 17-year-old during a tough relegation battle.
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