Farke 'has not been such a company man' in 'staggering' press conference

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BBC Radio Leeds' Jonny Buchan says Daniel Farke has "bascally taken it upon himself" to publicly address both his and the club's future in a "staggering" press conference on Friday.

Farke said he is "not the right choice" to remain in charge of the club if they fail to match his ambition in the summer.

Farke led Leeds to Premier League safety with three games to spare in their first campaign back in the top flight, but said the club needs to do more than just maintain "the status quo" next season.

He said there is "no doubt in my head" that he wants to stay on Whites manager.

Buchan told the Don't Go To Bed Just Yet podcast: "He has basically taken it upon himself to address the future, his future, the club's future, and whether he will actually be a part of that future moving forward.

"It was staggering I thought.

"This was almost Daniel Farke going public. We know how professional he is, and he was still professional in this environment, we know he's very much a company man, a great executive as we have heard him be called.

"But today he has not been such a company man because he's gone, 'well we need to have conversations about where the company is heading and are we at the same direction?'

"He essentially said he can't take control of another season where the target and aim is to avoid relegation.

"He didn't want to talk about his contract, he said it's not about his contract, it's about the vision of the club going forward. Now, we can read into that what we want to read into that."

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