Daniel Farke Leeds United headache in stark contrast to Championship rivals ahead of perfect storm

Daniel Farke has spoken on a number of occasions of the lingering effects of a drop from one division into another and how normal that is. The hangover symptoms for Leeds included a burning desire to exit Elland Road at the earliest possible opportunity with an exodus of talent that admittedly was not all bad news. A number of those who left were players Leeds had no real intention of convincing to stay but there were some painful departures too. Relegation opened a pandora's box of contract clauses and it was a head spinning window until its very final hours.

This season began with Leeds still coming to terms with the ins and outs and grappling with their final squad build and that was reflected in Farke's bench, both in terms of the experience and the number of players he had to choose from.