‘He suits us a lot’ – How Daniel Farke is getting is the best from his Leeds United stars

‘He suits us a lot’ – How Daniel Farke is getting is the best from his Leeds United stars
The former Barcelona full-back has been impressed with Daniel Farke’s input since arriving at Elland Road
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Junior Firpo is yet to reach his three-year anniversary as a Leeds United player, and yet Daniel Farke is sixth manager he has worked under at Elland Road. But thankfully, the Dominican Republic full-back feels the German is the best he has worked with at the club.

Former Barcelona defender Firpo has fought back from a long injury lay-off to make himself a key man in Farke’s side as we approach the final games of what has been a demanding Championship season. Leeds are looking to book a place in the Premier League via an automatic promotion spot, and have three games to get over the line.

Having signed from Barca in July 2021 under Marcelo Bielsa, Firpo has now played under the legendary Argentinian, Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia, Michael Skubala and Sam Allardyce before Farke’s arrival the club last summer. And it is the German who is getting the best out of the 27-year-old – according to the player himself.

“For me he has been unbelievable,” he said. “I think he is the manager that suits better my style of play, out of all of the managers I have had here. It is not just because he is here now, it is the truth because of how he thinks about full-backs or how full-backs can play.”

It’s not just Firpo who has benefitted from Farke’s approach, with the full-back saying team-mates Georginio Rutter and Ilia Gruev have also developed considerably thanks to the manager’s input.

“I think the same for them (Rutter and Gruev) about how he thinks about football,” he added. “He suits us a lot. I was like before that, I want to see how he works against Premier League teams because it is different, but then we went to Chelsea and it worked quite well. We still looked really good, so I love it.”

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