Leeds United director of football Victor Orta has expressed his passion for the Yorkshire club, labelling it as a 'special club' and admitting that he's 'really lucky to work in such a beautiful club.'
Speaking to Norwegian TV outlet Viaplay Fotbal ahead of Tuesday evening's 1-1 draw with Everton, Orta said: "For me, it’s teamwork [getting Leeds back to the Premier League].
"To be honest, it’s really easy because when things are going well it’s teamwork and when things are going bad, I’m guilty but this is a part of being the director of football. You have to suffer. I only suffer because Leeds is special. I am really lucky to work in such a beautiful club.
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"For me, it’s a massive club with a lot of passion. I love this team for the passion. I put the best for myself and my team to try to get the best for a historic club. We are waking up."
The Whites' director of football was also asked about the transition of moving from previous manager Marcelo Bielsa to current boss Jesse Marsch, admitting: "These fans, it’s not easy. You have to take the effort and the talent together. This is not easy because I can choose the effort, I can choose the talent but together, the agreement, is a challenge. But I am really happy with the challenge. But then the same with the coach.
"After a strong name like Bielsa that I remember when he arrived, nobody knows him, it was like: ‘wow, I hope this works.’ And then now I say, I need the same in another way because I analysed a lot of the transition of Bielsa after Athletic Club. I analysed the transition of Bielsa after Chile. I analysed the transition of Bielsa after Lille."
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