Former Leeds United coach and current West Bromwich Albion boss Carlos Corberan insists that his focus is solely on his current club amid links with a return to Elland Road to replace Jesse Marsch.
Leeds confirmed on Monday afternoon in a club statement that they had parted ways with Marsch following a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest. An already hectic week for the club that sees them play Manchester United twice in the space of four days in the Premier League just got that much more chaotic following the American's departure.
It is perhaps unsurprising that Corberan has been made the bookmakers' favourite to replace Marsch, yet the Spaniard admitted just last week that he was committed to West Brom when asked about his future at the club.
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"It's been a difficult week for me, because the defeat [vs Burnley] that we [West Brom] had was painful," he told BirminghamLive .
"The way I didn't see my team attack the way I wanted, maybe we weren't as aggressive in some moments as I'd want us to be," Corberan said ahead of West Brom's FA Cup defeat to Bristol City. "We have analysed a lot the opponent and the previous opponent this week, because this is my focus as manager.
"The other things...I don't know, you can tell me that there are rumours this week, another week the rumour disappears, my focus is my work - after the previous game we need to keep growing a lot, to be a more competitive team.
"In front of me at this club there are many challenges. We will have moments where things are going well and we are winning games, there'll be difficult moments - this is the work of the coach, to face the difficult moments we have.
"I need to make the players ready for the challenges that we are going to have with the mentality to keep growing, be ambitious and be self demanding of ourselves. This is my focus. I am very pleased to be working here, I've said before that these things cannot change."
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