Leeds United Keen to Keep Daniel Farke as Manager Long-Term

Leeds United managing director, Robbie Evans says the club and the boss Daniel Farke have a mutual understanding between them as they look to agree a new contract. The German, Farke who guided Leeds to a 14th place finish in the Premier League and to the semi-finals of the FA cup last season, after winning the promotion in 2024-25, is currently in the final year of his contract with the club.

In the ongoing season, The Whites have five points in their kitty from three league games and Evans said Farke has done a fantastic job with the team. He said, “As far as the contract discussions themselves, Daniel and his team and I have had a really good chat for the past three months and they are all on the same page.”

He further added, “Unlike signing him back in 2023 or doing a deadline day deal kind of thing the time pressure is far reduced and so we have a time to get it right as far as what he wants and what we want.

"I don't feel it's taking a long time. It just means we're getting it right and also we have time to get it right and so as long as we're still operating together as a group, and we're doing great on that front, I'm not worried. The short answer is that he's done great, we want him to be here long-term and we're working on it."

A Good Window and a Good Deadline

Leed brought in England goalkeeper James Trafford from Manchester city in a deal that was worth £45m during the summer. The club also invested in roping in defenders Tarik Muharemovic and Nico Elvedi and Fulham winger Harry Wilson. They also added Nice defender Melvin Bard, and Eintracht Frankfurt forward Jean-Matteo Bahoya on deadline day.

Speaking about the new signings, Evans said, “I think last year the phrase was we had a good window and a bad deadline. I would say this summer was a good window and a good deadline. The key for us was he had a couple of top objectives to accomplish and those all got done early in terms of left-footed centre-half, right wingers and goalkeeper.

Having signed our top targets in all three of those positions we were able to go and pursue roles around the pitch that gets better and strangers and have time to do so. So we are quite satisfied with the window.”

The Dutch international Pascal Struijk was sold to Brighton in a deal reportedly worth £20m on June 30. The last day of June is when clubs need to be compliant with profit and sustainability rules (PSR) to avoid charges and possible points deductions. This is now being replaced by SCR (Squad-cost ratio) moving forward.

Evans said he was thankful the club only needed to sell one player in order to come into line with the regulations. I was pretty confident coming into the year we have to sell some guys in June. Frankly it was the FA Cup run and the minimal work in January that kept it from being just one player.”