Daniel Farke and Leeds United could be a match made in heaven in the Championship. That’s according to former Norwich City striker Chris Sutton, who was a huge fan of the way Farke set his Canaries side up during his four and a half years at Carrow Road.
Farke is the overwhelming favourite to be appointed Leeds’ new head coach having interviewed for the role last week and there has been strong speculation that a deal could be announced sooner rather than later. Leeds, who parted ways with Sam Allardyce at the end of last season, begin pre-season training on Sunday, with just five weeks to prepare for the new Championship season.
As such, the hope is that they will have a new man in place to welcome players back to Thorp Arch and it’s fair to say Sutton is backing Farke for the job. The pundit is tipping the German, who left Borussia Monchengladbach in the summer, to shine at Elland Road should he be hired and win over fans with his aggressive and attractive style of play.
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“You’d struggle to find a Norwich supporter who dislikes Daniel Farke and if I was a Leeds fan, I’d be excited at the prospect of seeing some exciting football at Elland Road,” he wrote in his Daily Mail column. “Especially after seeing the club try and fail to go back to basics with Sam Allardyce, a doomed enterprise which ended in players hopelessly launching long throws into the box in a bid to survive.
“Sure, Farke got Norwich relegated once from the Premier League. But he also got them promoted twice from the Championship and it was done in style, winning 71 of his 139 games in that division.
“His football is front-foot. It’s about flying forward, not looking sideways or backwards. Norwich’s 4-2-3-1 set-up saw them swarm all over their Championship opponents.”
He added: “Leeds fans want to see their team take the game to the opposition and this is a manager that wants that too.”
