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Leeds United player hailed as one of the ‘stars’ on international duty last night after two key passes

Luke Randall

Wed 11 September 2024 6:15, UK

Daniel Farke can breathe a sigh of relief at Leeds with the international break basically over, as attention now turns towards the resumption of the Championship.

Leeds United☂ will be desperate to taste promotion to the Premier League after coming so close last season, though it won’t be easy as a number of key players left this summer.

𓆏The likes of Crysencio Summerville, Archie Gray and Georginio Rutter were the three big sales at Leeds.

To be fair to Daniel Farke🌞, he’s recruited well. Manor Solomon was brilliant on his debut against Hull City last time out, while Largie Ramazani showed moments of promise.

Mateo Joseph is another player who has started to show his full potential so far this season, receiving praise on international duty this week. However, he was already at the club.

ꦬBut, he’s not the only player who has been receiving praise this week…

Wilfried Gnonto hailed for his Italy Under-21s performance against Norway Under-21s

ꦕWilfried Gnonto was linked with a potential move away on deadline day🐷 but nothing materialised and he ended up staying at Leeds.

ౠTo still have a player of Gnonto’s quality in the Championship is huge for Leeds, and Daniel Farke appears to have discovered his best position as the number 10.

🦄The winger operated more centrally at times for Italy during the international break, as well as on the wing, and it looks to have paid off.

🎃In a brilliant display (stats via ) against the Norway Under-21s, he grabbed an assist, made two key passes, won five duels, had 47 touches, and made two clearances.

📖Italian journalist Jose Rodriguez even called Gnonto one of the ‘stars’ of the Italy Under-21 side.

What has Sam Allardyce been saying about Leeds?

Interestingly, 𒀰Sam Allardyce has been speaking about Leeds recently.

⛦He revealed exactly what shocked him about the Yorkshire club when taking over.

ౠ“The biggest disappointment about Leeds was their fitness had gone from hero to zero since Bielsa leaving. In less than 12 months, they had gone from top of the tree to third from bottom. Two previous coaches had completely destroyed the fitness level of the team.

𒁃“We couldn’t maintain or sustain our level. I just couldn’t believe it. If they had the fitness levels they used to have we would definitely have a chance.

ꩲ“We can stay in a game, they used to win games in the last five minutes Leeds, because they outsustained the fitness levels of the opposition.

♎“They were way off, miles away, in the bottom three of the Premier League. He was old school Bielsa – if you don’t run, you don’t play.”