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Leeds turn the screw on Spurs as Daniel Farke finds blueprint for Premier League survival

The Independent·Richard Jolly·about 1 month ago
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The day after one promotion specialist of a manager departed, his survival mission ending in failure, another celebrated the greatest achievement of his career. Scott Parker is gone, but Daniel Farke has confounded many a doubter. A three-time winner of the Championship has kept Leeds up with three games to go. And if it is not a mathematical certainly, no team has ever gone down with 43 points in a 38-game Premier League season. The choruses of “we are staying up” felt the safest of predictions. Farke restricted himself to saying: “Forty-three points is good.” But this has been a triumph of him and of recruitment. It felt fitting that three summer signings scored for Leeds. Anton Stach and Noah Okafor arrived for £17m apiece, Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a free transfer that may render him the signing of the season. Burnley, whose demotion can be traced in part to their missteps in the transfer market, were duly condemned to a fifth consecutive defeat. It leaves Leeds nine points ahead of Tottenham.…

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