Daniel Farke says he has finished the job he set out to do at Leeds United after keeping them in the Premier League and that he is “not the right choice” to stay on if the ownership’s plans do not match his ambition.Farke has overachieved this season, sealing Leeds’ survival with two games to spare and leading the club to its first FA Cup semi-final since 1987, and his comments on Friday reflect the power he now wields.
Ahead of meeting with the Leeds hierarchy in the coming weeks, when player recruitment and his future are expected to be on the agenda, Farke has set his stall out early on what he would like his next chapter at Elland Road to look like.
“I’m ambitious and this is quite important for me going forward,” Farke said before Sunday’s final home game of the season against Brighton, live on Sky Sports.”I love attractive football, perhaps for sides in the top half of the table, but I love to be a manager who plays for something rather than to avoid something.
“I’m not the right choice if it’s about maintaining the status quo. I have to be convinced of a project and I am at my best when I buy into a project. I can be picky and choose what I am convinced of.
“Leeds have had one good season in the Premier League in the last 25 years, the (first) season (back) with Marcelo (Bielsa), and we didn’t build on it.
“You have to develop and you have to evolve. This is what I stand for, so it’s important that we speak internally together and very trustfully together.”Farke wants to keep control
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Spurs’ match against Leeds in the Premier League
Farke made it clear that he wants to stay at Leeds but only under the condition that he continues to have the same control he was granted when they agreed his current four-year contract in 2023 after the club were relegated from the Premier League.”It’s important you’re on the same page because I don’t decide for the club,” he said. “We have to speak about what we will do, what the new goals are, what the new ways are, can we keep our best players, can we improve the squad, can we bring players in who make us better?”So far, this club wanted me to run the sport and wanted me to be there with the final…
Try WordAi Free
2026-05-15 18:30:00
