Inside Leeds' Promised Land strategy: The four positions they want to upgrade in January, the secrets behind Daniel Farke's stellar promotion record and why star man leaving was a 'blessing in disguis

PLUS Which two stars could leave in January to pave the way for new recruits On an April night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, four Leeds United players picked up accolades at the annual EFL Awards. The day before, Daniel Farke’s side suffered their first home defeat of the season in the middle of a run of four points across six games which killed their chances of going up automatically. ‘I was thinking how can we be successful losing so many key players.’ Leeds racked up 90 points in the Championship last season but failed to gain promotion Daniel Farke's side suffered a slump towards the end of the campaign and fell out of the automatic promotion places Leeds suffered an agonising play-off final defeat by Southampton at Wembley in May Defeat at Wembley was painful. In the same week, Rutter left for Brighton with Farke revealing he wasn’t even aware of the Premier League release clauses that left Leeds with little room to negotiate. In the last week, Leeds have lost four points due to late goals with Farke stressing his side aren’t ‘the finished product which cruises through this league.’ ‘We are one of the youngest sides in the league and we don’t play without making mistakes,’ he said on Saturday.