{"id":423923,"date":"2025-09-14T14:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423923\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:47:25","slug":"daniel-farke-says-excellent-leeds-united-player-would-be-at-barcelona-if-he-could-attack-like-he-defends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423923\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke says ‘excellent’ Leeds United player would be at Barcelona if he could attack like he defends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Daniel Farke pulled no punches in his post-match press conference after Leeds United\u2019s late defeat to Fulham, but made it clear he was proud of the performance his players had put in.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arguably, the better side for 75 minutes, new record signing Kevin swung the tide in Fulham\u2019s favour. The 94th-minute winner was nothing but a fluke however, as Gabriel Gudmundsson headed into his own net.<\/p>\n

Gudmundsson looked distraught as he apologised to fans<\/a> and there have even been some murmurs that he was in tears in the dressing room afterwards. Farke admitted Leeds considered Kevin in the summer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there were plenty of positives. After the hurt evaporates, given how close Leeds<\/a> came to winning a point, fans will start to understand how good a display it was, especially given Leeds\u2019 London record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesDaniel Farke heaps praise on Brenden Aaronson after match<\/p>\n

One surprise Farke<\/a> did make when selecting the starting XI was the inclusion of Brenden Aaronson<\/a> over Willy Gnonto. Aaronson is not fancied among Leeds fans, and yet, Farke continues to persevere with him.<\/p>\n

Aaronson put in a shift, winning more tackles than any other player<\/a> \u2013 even though he was subbed off on 77 minutes. Speaking afterwards, Farke explained why he picked Aaronson and praised his training levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very happy [with Brenden]. Two players in the offence who had not started, Noah and Dominic. Noah is not the guy that covers lots of distance, he\u2019s the guy that has unbelievable skills and can deliver a spark. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have this, you need a third offensive player [Aaronson] to cover lots of distance. He deserved his chance; he\u2019s been excellent in training. With Sessegnon, we needed someone to cover more ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrendenPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Daniel Farke explains why Brenden Aaronson is not at Barcelona<\/p>\n

The stats show that Aaronson was Leeds\u2019 second-best player on the day, with a FotMob<\/a> rating of 7.0 \u2013 behind only Karl Darlow. Only two players won more duels than him, and he led the way with tackles.<\/p>\n

Aaronson did what Farke wanted him to do. But of course, the attacking output is lacking. Aaronson did have a good chance to score and his flick at the near post was turned around for a corner by Bernd Leno.<\/p>\n

\"BarcelonaPhoto by Alex Caparros \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Farke said that if Aaronson would play for Barcelona, if he could be as good in the final third, as he is when it comes to defending: \u201cI\u2019ve rarely seen a winger defend Sessegnon and Fulham\u2019s left side so well. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey cut opponents here to pieces with their left side, but Brenden was excellent. If he had the same quality in the offence, he would play for Barcelona and not a newly-promoted side,\u201d Farke continued.<\/p>\n

When Leeds go to Wolves next weekend, it will be interesting to see who Farke starts with on the wings. It is fair to say that Okafor and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will now start, but who gets the nod on the right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke pulled no punches in his post-match press conference after Leeds United\u2019s late defeat to Fulham, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[12410,748,1385,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-423923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-brenden-aaronson","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-daniel-farke","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115203201265057830","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}