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Daniel Farke has been appointed as Leeds United’s new manager
Leeds United appointed Daniel Farke as their new manager on a four-year deal ahead of their return to the Championship.
Farke succeeds Sam Allardyce, who failed to keep the Whites in the Premier League and left in early June after being appointed two months earlier.
Last season, he was at Bundesliga team Borussia Monchengladbach, but he was fired after only one season after leading them to a 10th-place finish.
Farke’s employment at Leeds is his first in English football after a four-year stint at Norwich, where he won the Championship twice in 2019 and 2021 before being fired nearly two years ago.
Farke was chosen manager of Russian club Krasnodar in January 2022 after leaving Norwich, however, he departed the club two months later without managing any games following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On his appointment at Elland Road, Farke said: “I’d like to thank everyone for the really warm welcome, I’m really grateful at this moment, to work for this amazing club.
“I feel humble at this time, I know the responsibility to fulfil all the expectations and I want to repay the trust shown.