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Daniel Farke admits that no one in Leeds is “dancing on the table” with delight on how the transfer window ended.
Leeds had hoped to sign another attacking player, but a movement for Fulham Harry Wilson fell at the last minute, leaving the West Yorkshire team less options in the final third.
He has not prevented the recently promoted club from taking four points of his first three games and insists on Farke, although disappointed, he did not splashed at the hand they have given him.
Speaking before the weekend trip to face Wilson and Fulham in Craven Cottage, the German said: “I am already focused on the next game, but it is fair to say that we are not dancing on the table.
“I have principles with how I work. One is that I like openness and transparency and I named it how I see it and speak in general what it is necessary to do as a club. We have such a large base of admirers, I do not want to navigate some cliffs.
“The second principle is that once the window is closed, you will not hear a bad comment from me. I am lucky to work in this business and my work is to adapt to reality. I do not need to feel sorry for myself.”
We wanted another striker, says Farke
Farke admitted, however, that it was always the plan to sign another front player before the closing of the window on September 1.
He added: “I do not want to say different things to what I have said before. I will not go out and I will say that it was never the plan to sign offensive players. I would never do this because I do not like to talk about nonsense. Once the situation adapts to reality. You will not hear a bad word of me. I am there for my players.
“It makes no sense that I feel depressed and sorry for me. Maybe we wanted a different deadline or a different transfer window, but at this moment we are focused on trying to obtain as many points of the Premier League as possible.
“I am completely concentrated in Fulham. We need to win the right to stay awake.”
Leds beaten by injuries
As is the case, having lost Wilson, Leeds has suffered injuries to two front players with Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha that fight to be fit for the game in western London.
“There are some small interrogation signs around Lukas Nmecha: he received a blow to the foot and the training was lost, also Joel Piroe, was beaten in his calf and has a great bruise,” Farke said. “We have to wait how their bodies react in the next 24 hours, so there are few doubts around it.”
In another place it was mixed news for Leeds.
“Lucas Perri is definitely out of the game,” said Farke, from the goalkeeper, who is probably replaced by Karl Darlow. “Some problems reported after the last game with his quad. He had a scan and there is a muscle tension. He will definitely lose the next two games and then we will have more clarity.
“And there are some good news. Ethan Ampadu and Ao Tanaka are integrated into main parts of the team training. Ethan a little more. But we also have 48 more hours and we will make a late decision with them. But both are possible, it depends on how they react in the next 48 hours.”
