Simon Grayson
FORMER BLACKPOOL, LEEDS AND PRESTON MANAGER

DANIEL Farke has made no secretoof his reluctance to dip into the free agent market, despite almost signing Cheikhou Kouyate.
I get where the Leeds manager is coming from. I only used it a few times but it was always a case of ‘needs must’. It wasn’t something I’d ever have done selectively, and that’s clearly the case at Leeds with both Ethan Ampadu and Ilia Gruev suffering long-term injuries.
As Daniel says, the big concern for any coach or manager is how much training a free agent has do...