Director of football Victor Orta has left Leeds United after nearly six years in post with owner Andrea Radrizzani confessing his sadness with the parting. The exit has been described as by mutual consent.
The Spaniard departs Elland Road with the Whites 17th in the league table, one place above the relegation zone and exactly where they finished last season. Orta’s appointment of Jesse Marsch and two transfer windows since 2022’s close scrape have failed to push Leeds away from danger.
A 4-1 thrashing at the hands of previously-threatened Bournemouth on Sunday proved to be the final straw in a relationship which began with Radrizzani hiring Orta in the summer of 2017.
