Leeds United director of soccer Victor Orta insists a transfer to Chelsea was by no means on the playing cards as a result of he was pleased with life at Elland Highway.
Following the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover at Stamford Bridge, the membership set a couple of wide-scale restructure, making plenty of key appointments behind the scenes.
Director of world expertise and transfers Paul Winstanley has already joined from Brighton. Joe Shields and Laurence Stewart will quickly arrive from Southampton and Monaco respectively after being introduced as new hires by the membership.
Christopher Vivell was appointed because the membership’s new technical director earlier this week following his departure from RB Leipzig in October, lastly changing Blues legend Petr Cech.
Previous to the German’s arrival, nevertheless, Orta was one of many names within the body alongside Norwich’s Stuart Webber and Bayer Leverkusen’s Tim Steidten.
Nonetheless, Orta has revealed the concept of leaving Leeds by no means crossed his thoughts.
“Every thing I came upon, I came upon from the press,” he informed AS.
“I used to be and am very joyful at Leeds and that’s why they wouldn’t even think about my title, as a result of it got here to them that I used to be not going to go away the membership in any method.”