Thirty-two days after Sam Allardyce’s last day at Leeds United and 33 days before Cardiff City rock up at Elland Road, the Whites finally have a new manager. Daniel Farke, after what has felt like two weeks of rumours and speculation, has been confirmed on the second day of pre-season.
Ultimately, Leeds could not afford to wait any longer. United needed a figurehead on the pitches at Thorp Arch tomorrow when the footballs come out of the bags with the players.
There was testing at Leeds Beckett University on Monday, running at the training ground today, but starting tomorrow without a manager was a step too far. Hopes at boardroom level of a swift takeover process through the EFL have not come to fruition, so 49ers Enterprises has had to swallow its hopes of making Farke its first official decision.
