{"id":537866,"date":"2025-10-30T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/537866\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:25:14","slug":"daniel-farke-press-conference-brighton-vs-leeds-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/537866\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Farke press conference: Brighton vs Leeds United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has been speaking to the media before Saturday&#8217;s Premier League game against <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brighton<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> at Amex Stadium (kick-off 15:00 GMT).<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here are the key lines from his news conference:<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He provided a positive squad update after admitting some of his players were &#8220;struggling with illnesses&#8221; last week: &#8220;We are in a way better position. I have nothing to report or complain about. Everyone is training and available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Gabriel Gudmundsson was forced off the pitch with a &#8220;dead leg&#8221; against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Ham.<\/a> The club has ruled out &#8220;anything major&#8221; and the left-back will be &#8220;back and available&#8221; this weekend.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Willy Gnonto has completed his &#8220;first full training week&#8221; since recovering from a calf injury and hernia surgery. Farke added: &#8220;He isn&#8217;t a topic for the starting line-up after being out for so long, but we will see if we&#8217;re going to take him with us this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has been impressed with Dan James&#8217; attitude to training following a lengthy period on the sidelines, adding that the winger is &#8220;working really hard to find his best shape&#8221; again.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On picking up 11 points from their first nine games, Farke said: &#8220;I would be a bit more relaxed if we had taken all the points we deserved from those matches. We should be on 15 to 17 points already and, if that was the case, the sun would shine even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;We&#8217;re on a good path, but survival isn&#8217;t a guarantee. We need around nine or 10 wins to stay up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brighton have already picked up &#8220;some good results against some top sides&#8221; this season, so his side will be &#8220;respectful of that, but won&#8217;t travel in fear&#8221;. He added: &#8220;We know we have a chance wherever we go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Seagulls made &#8220;quite a few changes&#8221; for their midweek Carabao Cup match, so Leeds will be careful to not &#8220;overinterpret&#8221; the 2-0 defeat by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When asked about Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler, Farke replied: &#8220;You could tell a few years ago that he was a big talent and full of potential. He&#8217;s doing a fantastic job, so credit to him at his young age.&#8221; He doesn&#8217;t believe the 32-year-old has reached his &#8220;limit&#8221; as a football manager just yet.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On facing Georginio Rutter at his new club, Farke said: &#8220;He has progressed really well. It was a joy to work with him because he was like a young horse. He was wild, full of energy and just wanted to play. He is an important player for Brighton. We want to handle him at the weekend and we will be making sure he doesn&#8217;t shine too much.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/live\/cwy7x7zgvyvt\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow all of Thursday&#8217;s Premier League news conferences and the rest of the day&#8217;s football news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United boss Daniel Farke has been speaking to the media before Saturday&#8217;s Premier League game against Brighton&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-537866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115463816757182324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537866","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=537866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}