Leeds United have set their stall out very early so far this season.
Patrick Bamford has revealed to The Yorkshire Evening Post that he realised Leeds United’s potential under Marcelo Bielsa during the win over Stoke City on the first gameweek of the season.
The Whites kicked off the 2018-19 campaign with style by beating Stoke 3-1 at Elland Road earlier this month.
It was an electric and tireless performance from a team who had spent the previous two months working under a world-renowned coach in Bielsa during pre-season.
Leeds built on that victory by thumping Derby County 4-1 at the iPro Stadium last weekend, before beating Bolton Wanderers 2-1 in the first round of the Carabao Cup a little earlier this week.
There is plenty of optimism from fans about a promotion bid under Bielsa, and Bamford, a £7 million signing by Middlesbrough this month, says that the performance versus the Potters made him realise that he has signed up for something special.
The 24-year-old, who started on the bench that day, told The Yorkshire Evening Post: “Even watching against Stoke in the first game of the season, I was thinking ‘wow, we’ve got something here. This team looks really good’.
“It was the same at Derby. It was very fluid stuff up front with the midfield joining in and the team as a whole attacking. It looks very threatening every time we get the ball.”
Bamford has every right to be excited over this project and Bielsa’s side will look to maintain the feel-good factor on Saturday by welcoming Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United to Elland Road.
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