{"id":428389,"date":"2025-09-16T08:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428389\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:13:15","slug":"daniel-farkes-kevin-comments-are-ominous-it-feels-like-thomas-christiansens-leeds-united-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/428389\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke’s Kevin comments are ominous, it feels like Thomas Christiansen’s Leeds United sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It came as a bit of a surprise to hear Daniel Farke speaking so honestly following Saturday\u2019s late defeat to Fulham, basically admitting he wanted new Fulham star Kevin, but Leeds United couldn\u2019t sign him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With Leeds<\/a> largely dominating proceedings, Marco Silva brought on Fulham\u2019s new record signing Kevin, for the final 15 minutes. The Cottagers paid a huge \u00a334.6m to lure the Brazilian to London in the summer.<\/p>\n

He changed the game. Instantly, Kevin chipped in a cross to Ryan Sessegnon who almost found Sasa Lukic to score. Then, his incredible cross for Adama Traore saw the powerhouse winger head over the bar.<\/p>\n

A one-two on the edge of the area saw Kevin have a go himself, Karl Darlow tipped his curling effort over the bar. Gabriel Gudmundsson\u2019s own goal came from the resulting corner. Farke hinted he wanted Kevin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"KevinPhoto by Ryan Pierse\/Getty ImagesWhat Daniel Farke said about Fulham star Kevin, post-match<\/p>\n

Leeds obviously wanted an attacking option, also trying to sign Rodrigo Muniz and Harry Wilson from Fulham. Kevin would have been a superb signing, judging by his excellent cameo against Farke\u2019s<\/a> Leeds.<\/p>\n

Farke said: \u201cYou create chances, force a goalkeeper to make a save, win a corner, and create a situation. I\u2019m not surprised, I was aware of his quality, the only bad thing is that sadly, we couldn\u2019t afford him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The pressure is on Farke, but it\u2019s not really his fault. Farke asked for attackers before the end of the window, outlined the need for them, but Leeds failed to deliver Wilson<\/a>, Kevin or Facundo Buonanotte.<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Ryan Pierse\/Getty ImagesThomas Christiansen\u2019s reasons for his 2018 sacking sound similar<\/p>\n

Back in 2017, Leeds hired former Barcelona player Thomas Christiansen. The Dane made a brilliant start to life at Elland Road<\/a>, even though he lost Chris Wood. Christiansen gave fans hope of a possible promotion.<\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

But it didn\u2019t materialise. The winter period saw Christiansen lose Samu Saiz for six games due to spitting. After his sacking, Christiansen is quoted by The Mail<\/a> as saying Leeds couldn\u2019t afford to replace Saiz.<\/p>\n

\"SamuPhoto by James Williamson \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cSaiz was our most important player in the offensive part of the game and we couldn\u2019t afford to buy a new one. Suspensions and injuries piled up. The squad wasn\u2019t big enough for us to replace those players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unable to maintain a promotion push due to the likes of Saiz becoming unavailable, Christiansen was giving his marching orders. Farke asked for more, but got nothing and now, the sack is foreseeable.<\/p>\n

Failure to pick up a win against Wolves, Bournemouth and Tottenham will see the pressure pile on Farke before the October break. That is why Farke\u2019s comments are ominous, given Christiansen\u2019s Leeds exit.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasPhoto by Stu Forster\/Getty ImagesWhat has Thomas Christiansen done since his Leeds United exit<\/p>\n

It took Christiansen almost 18 months to find himself a new role, after his 35 games in charge at Leeds. He joined Union Saint-Gilloise in the summer of 2019, who are now the current Belgian champions.<\/p>\n

Christiansen lasted just 31 games, but his decision to manage Panama has been inspired. Six years later, Christiansen remains in charge at Panama. He took Panama to the 2023 Gold Cup final against Mexico.<\/p>\n\nJob<\/strong><\/td>\nSpell<\/strong><\/td>\nGames<\/strong><\/td>\nW-D-L<\/strong><\/td>\nPPG<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAEK Larnaca<\/td>\n2014-2016<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n40-14-14<\/td>\n1.97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAPOEL Nicosia<\/td>\n2016-2017<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n31-10-11<\/td>\n1.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nLeeds<\/td>\n2017-2018<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n15-6-14<\/td>\n1.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nUnion SG<\/td>\n2019-2020<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n13-12-6<\/td>\n1.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPanama<\/td>\n2020-present<\/td>\n79<\/td>\n38-18-23<\/td>\n1.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Panama remain hopeful of a place at the 2026 World Cup and that would see Christiansen back on the world stage. The Dane is impressing in charge of Panama, having been perhaps unfairly sacked at Leeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It came as a bit of a surprise to hear Daniel Farke speaking so honestly following Saturday\u2019s late…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,1385,393,4884,35436,1860,146091,146092,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-428389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-daniel-farke","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-kevin","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-samu-saiz","15":"tag-thomas-christiansen","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115212978151540059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428389","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=428389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}