Survive relegation and Leeds United would look to Brighton & Hove Albion as a model to follow in the Premier League under Victor Orta. The director of football has opened up on the difficulties of the past two campaigns at Elland Road, but how the future could look if they avoid the drop again this term.
After winning promotion to the top flight in 2017, the Seagulls would finish 15th, 17th, 15th and 16th before rising to ninth last season. They are seventh this term with 13 matches still to play. Speaking to Spanish outlet Relevo during a trip to Sevilla last week, Orta reflected on Brighton’s initial problems in the top flight before flourishing under Graham Potter and Roberto De Zerbi.
Orta also admitted the stellar campaign in 2020/21 under Marcelo Bielsa had given many people a false sense of security in the top flight. He also reiterated the point chief executive Angus Kinnear has made in the past about the threat of relegation to newly-promoted sides in their first three years.
