Daniel Farke keen to prove doubters wrong at Leeds United in Premier League campaign

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Daniel Wales looks at how Daniel Farke is aiming to prove his worth at Leeds United in the Premier League.

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00:00So, Leeds United, in terms of Daniel Farker,

00:04now obviously as soon as they were promoted back to the Premier League

00:08after a couple of seasons away, obviously,

00:11it was confirmed that there was so much interest

00:14about what's going to happen on his front,

00:16on Daniel Farker's sort of future tenure

00:19because so many Leeds fans themselves said,

00:21thanks for the job, you've done a great job.

00:23But now it's time to move on just because of his history with relegations.

00:27Now, obviously, Norwich City, relegation's a tight budget.

00:33He couldn't keep them in the Premier League

00:35and they were pretty abysmal under him

00:37in terms of the top flight football action.

00:40There's going to be so many resources that they need to use at Leeds

00:44which are better suited than Norwich City's were a few years ago.

00:48And you have to look at how much has changed in that time as well.

00:50It's quite a long time ago as well

00:52since Daniel Farker's spell at Norwich during those relegation campaigns.

00:57So, a lot to look ahead to in terms of Daniel Farker.

01:01He must learn from Norwich's relegations.

01:03I think that's pretty clear.

01:05I'm sure he'll be the first to tell you that as well.

01:07The expectations will be, obviously, with limited investment,

01:12they have to rise, they have to break that barrier

01:14and try and remain in the Premier League.

01:17Dan, our Leeds correspondent.

01:18Dan, what are your thoughts on Daniel Farker?

01:21How much has changed since he did get relegated with Norwich?

01:24Obviously, an incredible season with Leeds United.

01:26Surely, they can bring that momentum into the Premier League

01:29and hopefully break the barrier of the last two seasons

01:32with all priority clubs being relegated.

01:35And Leeds United will be looking to remain in the top flight.

01:39For Leeds United, Charles, I think Daniel Farker, of course,

01:43has spoken a lot, actually, about his time that he had at Norwich.

01:47Of course, the relegations he had there when he'd got them up to the Premier League.

01:50He's made quite clear that he didn't have the backing he would have liked at Carrow Road

01:54and that's partially to do, well, or part of the main reason

01:58as to why he wasn't able to keep Norwich in the Premier League.

02:01And you'd have to say, well, so far at least,

02:04he's been promised a backing at Leeds United

02:06to at least have a better attempt at it.

02:08So, of course, there will always be doubters

02:10and there has been so far that, yes, he's got those relegations on his CV.

02:14So, can he be the man trusted to keep needs of the Premier League?

02:18And people, you know, naturally have their doubts about this

02:20because of his previous experiences at Carrow Road.

02:23But, as he makes clear, the backing he didn't have there.

02:28So, he's relying on the backing he's going to get from Leeds United this summer

02:33and then he will have to put that into action as well

02:35and make it quite apparent and quite clear

02:38that when he's had backing, he actually is capable

02:41of doing the job at Leeds United that he wasn't able to do at Carrow Road.

02:46Certainly, they've made a good start to the window

02:48by bringing in Felix Nemetra from Bridget Dortmund.

02:53Certainly, someone who's, you know, had experience of the Bundesliga,

02:56experience of the Champions League as well,

02:58coming into a Premier League side and leading to, you know,

03:01or looking to build, obviously, not just be the one surviving,

03:04but perhaps build as well.

03:05Well, you know, Leeds need to be a club who has that ambition as well

03:08because I think if you just go in there aiming to survive,

03:10you're going to find it quite tricky.

03:12You need to be ambitious in the Premier League and, of course, spend money.

03:15But, of course, then that in itself is an issue

03:16because spending money becomes difficult because of PSR constraints.

03:20But Leeds' board have made very clear that they will spend up to their PSR constraints

03:27this summer to try and make sure they've got enough depth

03:30and enough quality to get themselves into a safe enough position

03:34come the end of the upcoming Premier League season.

03:37Of course, the fixtures are to come this week as well.

03:40But I think with Daniel Farker, it is sort of a pride thing a little bit

03:44because he's sort of stated this fact that the reason he didn't stay up with Norwich

03:48is because of the lack of backing he had.

03:49And so now he's got to make sure that he actually proves that point.

03:52And so if Leeds do give him the support and the chance to win,

03:55do we actually make clear that, you know, he's able to do it.

03:58Otherwise, you know, if we get to, say, October, November, December

04:02and Leeds are languishing towards the bottom,

04:04I think he will be out of the door quite fast.

04:07So he's got to get off to a good start.

04:09Obviously, you know, players need time to bet in.

04:12So he's got to get his business done relatively early in the transfer market

04:15to make sure that the players have time to get into the system he's trying to create at Leeds United.

04:19But certainly with the players he's got and had last season,

04:23he's starting with a good foundation.

04:25He just needs to make sure he adds quality to that in as many departments as possible.

04:30And, of course, strikers, I think, is key.

04:32Looking at Joe Perrault as your only real striker in Patrick Bamford with a lot of injuries,

04:36they need to probably add more in that department.

04:38And obviously, Nemecha could be someone who babs not as an out-and-out striker,

04:42but could help in the goal-scoring department.

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