Daniel Farke bemoans lack of attacking options at Leeds United

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Daniel Wales reports on Leeds United, following Head Coach Daniel Farke’s discontent at the lack of attacking options currently at the club.

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00:00The start of the new Premier League season has nearly arrived now,

00:07and for Leeds United, excitement is growing amongst the fan base

00:10as they are set to make their return to England's top flight

00:14following their promotion and championship title win last season.

00:18However, in their last game in pre-season against Villarreal,

00:22in which they drew 1-1 with Joel Perrault scoring Leeds United's goal,

00:26there was some concern afterwards from Daniel Farker

00:29that they are slightly light in attacking areas.

00:32Certainly, Leeds have been busy so far in this transfer window

00:35and brought in a lot of defensive reinforcements,

00:39certainly a lot of physical players with lots of height

00:43that should dominate many forward lines in the Premier League next season,

00:48but in attack, they are a little bit lightweight, and Farker was telling the truth.

00:54Certainly, they've lost Mano Solomon, who, of course,

00:56was an influential part of their championship title push last season.

01:00He's gone back to his parent club, Tottenham Hotspur.

01:03And, of course, they do have Joel Perrault, but he's never played in the Premier League before.

01:06They've brought in a striker in Lucas Nemecha, but, again, has limited experience in England.

01:12And Patrick Bamford is not part of Daniel Farker's plans going forward,

01:15so Leeds United are perhaps a bit short in the goal-scoring department.

01:20Of course, they have attacking midfielders who contributed an awful lot last season,

01:25such as Dan James.

01:27But will that be enough to help them score enough goals to survive?

01:31Let's hear what Daniel Farker had to say.

01:32Good shift, yes.

01:37You know my attitude.

01:38I'm just really happy once we win the game,

01:40but we face the strong opponent here aside on Champions League quality,

01:44but, yeah, to be honest, it's also the quality that we will face in the Premier League,

01:47and we have to deal with it.

01:49You could feel that it's pre-season still for both teams.

01:53Of course, with many substitutions, sometimes the details were not perfect,

01:56but I think both teams had the chance to win.

01:58Both teams could have avoided perhaps the goal.

02:01Both teams could have made more out of their good situations.

02:05Overall, I think they deserve to run against such a good side

02:08in the situation where we are still building for the Premier League.

02:13Definitely a good test.

02:14I mean, what you want to see is what you've got now, isn't it?

02:18Are you seeing those things that you need to see at this stage?

02:21Yes, overall, I think we are on a good path to be strong in the centre,

02:26so goalkeepers were today both halftimes in good shape.

02:30We have also Lucas Perry, who is right now starting to build his fitness level and shape.

02:37We are in a good position for the Premier League there.

02:40Also in the centre of the park with our additions as soon as Sebastian Bonneau

02:44on the centre-back position is ready.

02:47And also in the midfield, we have good options.

02:48I think it was also obvious to see that we need to do something in the offence.

02:51There's also no doubt about this,

02:53but overall, we have a good group to build on

02:56and we have a good chance if we do the right steps also in the upcoming weeks,

03:00then also to be ready as quick as possible for Premier League level.

03:04Yes, because it's not that easy on this level to create chances to score goals.

03:08I think even in the first half, we had a good situation.

03:10We could have done a bit more out of this with a bit more quality than in our play.

03:16But overall, I think we're on a good pass, but there's still work to do.

03:19That was, I think, also obvious.

03:21I mean, you've got another week, so a good week with the group and then the final game.

03:26Are you going to be in the right place at the right time as far as the preparations go?

03:29Yes, we will see.

03:31Obviously, we have a bit more than two weeks right now to prepare.

03:35Again, in the centre, in the defence, we are on a really good pass.

03:39Offensive-wise, if we're really honest, we have lost one of our main threats in the offence with Mano Solomón.

03:47Didn't have many additions so far, if I'm really honest.

03:52If then players like Daniel James, who is important for us,

03:55or also Jack Harrison, who was not available due to injury, are not available,

03:59then of course it's a bit thin in the offence.

04:01We know what we have to do, that we need also to strengthen the squad a little bit on these positions.

04:06Yes, also in the full-back positions, if there is an injury like at the moment for Jadon Bogle,

04:13it's also not that easy.

04:15So I think we have to be aware also in this position as well.

04:19So there is still lots of work to do.

04:22I can't promise anyhow that everything is there in time for the first game day

04:26because these players need also, of course, a few training sessions with us,

04:30but we try our best in order then to be really latest, really latest.

04:34I prefer it, of course, for the first game day, but latest after the first international break

04:40then really ready and competitive for the Premier League.

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