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Bien que le court terme ait été largement pris en compte par Leeds United cette saison, alors qu’ils se préparent à ce que 49ers Enterprises affirment être une offensive tentative de promotion, le futur a joué un rôle important dans les discussions avec Farke avant son recrutement.
Farke est assez proche d’un spécialiste de l’escapologie de second niveau, ayant deux fois mené Norwich City vers la Premier League avec des points cumulés – 94 et 97 respectivement lors des saisons 2018/19 et 2021/21 – que les responsables de l’Elland Road ont eu du mal à ignorer.
Il est impossible de faire des prédictions en ce qui concerne la promotion – à la fois Farke et Marcelo Bielsa ont dû faire deux fois avant de pouvoir célébrer un titre de champion – mais la confiance du Suisse lorsqu’il s’agit d’expliquer comment Leeds peut faire face à cette fois-ci était bonne avec Paraag Marathe et Angus Kinnear.
Something else they liked was how bullish Farke became when talking about what would and could happen next, should they achieve their 2023/24 goal. A little of that seeped into his first conversations with the media on Tuesday afternoon, when his desire to establish himself as a Premier League coach was probed.
Farke did not bristle at the question but he was on the front foot, immediately, fully armed with his take on why his first crack at the top flight was not a successful one.
“With Norwich, let’s be honest, I had one go a few years ago, with all respect I loved my players and I loved the club and Norwich will always be a big, big part of my CV and my history and we had amazing players who gave everything for the club, but if we’re really honest, it was not a Premier League side. It was a season that was interrupted by Corona. We had after 29 game-days 21 points. It was never enough to be there in order to retain Premier League status. But it was more a miracle that we had already 21 points with this group of players. So I still want to be respectful, it was great. We had some great games but we were never prepared for Premier League level. I think our sporting director Stuart Webber used during this year some more drastic words, nowadays you have to be a bit careful but he said more or less that we went out without any tools, so it was no chance. And after the corona break we had to play all our last nine games without supporters and we didn’t have any chance at all. So without supporters, we didn’t get one point and you know, it was too difficult.”
His response to the question neatly and all at once addressed and avoided what happened in his second tilt with the Premier League as Norwich boss. Having led the club back into the top flight at the first time of asking, Farke was sacked in November 2021, just hours after a first win of the season. “We feel that now is the right time for a change to give ourselves the best opportunity of retaining our Premier League status,” said Webber.
