The head honcho at Leeds made it clear that, given his personal experience as a former striker and his successful history of coaching forwards, especially in the competitive Championship, he possesses a deep understanding of the game.

Piroe became a part of the Leeds squad during the summer transfer window, bringing with him an impressive track record earned during his tenure at Swansea.

In the current season, the 24-year-old has already tallied an impressive six goals in 11 appearances, with four of those strikes coming in his 10 Championship matches.

There has been debate over Piroe’s positioning at Leeds, with some wondering why he’s not leading the line instead of playing in the hole.

However, Farke has now made it very clear as to why that was the case.
“His finishing is world-class. I’m struggling to find even in this country players who are better. If he has the ball close to the box you can go to the halfway line because that’s where the next touch is.

“But because we are Leeds United we want the ball every moment so we need players to lead the intensity of the pressing.

“Because we are often dominant against teams parking the bus we need a striker who stretches the opponent with running in behind, with smart movements.

“I wouldn’t label his pressing qualities as the best in this league.

“If we asked our lone striker always to drop, to link the play, to play the ball out, I would definitely play Joel as a striker but if our striker has to fulfill some other tasks he’s not always the perfect solution.”