Redfearn - I want to be at Leeds and be successful
Vital Leeds 26/4/15
Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn says he wants the club to be challenging for promotion and not in a relegation scrap if he remains in charge next season.
Redfearn`s future is still unclear at Elland Road under Massimo Cellino and next weekend could be his final game in charge having taken over the job in November until the end of the season.
The former academy manager at Elland Road has pulled the side away from the relegation zone and their future in the championship was all but guaranteed by the end of March, as Leeds became one of the form sides in the championship in the second half of the season.
Redfearn had brought in former teammate Steve Thompson in as his assistant before the New Year and the pair led Leeds from just a point above the relegation zone at the turn of the year to the top half as Leeds put together a run of just three defeats in fifteen games.
Leeds were finally looking like a side on the rise until the club surprisingly sacked Thompson at the end of March to put Redfearn`s own future at the club in doubt.
The win at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday ended a run of five straight defeats for Leeds since the departure of Thompson and Redfearn, who is a lifelong Leeds supporter, says he only wants to remain with the club if they are to be challenging for success.
"I want to be at Leeds United but I want to be at Leeds United and be successful,"Redfearn told BBC Radio Leeds.
"I don`t want to be at Leeds United and be a mid-table side, I don`t want to be fighting relegation every year, I want to take this side up.
"If we are all thinking along the same lines and they are happy with it, then it is for me. I want this club to be successful. The supporters that turn out deserve success.
"The building blocks are in place. We are a young side and it needs some better players. We need to talk and listen to what one and other have to offer, as regarding experience about players that do come in and we can move things on from there."
Italian owner Massimo Cellino will return to Elland Road after the last game of the season against Rotherham United next weekend, as he completes his ownership ban set out by the Football League.
Redfearn is then likely to sit down with Cellino to discuss his future ahead of the management and players going away for their summer holidays.
Leeds United head coach Neil Redfearn says he wants the club to be challenging for promotion and not in a relegation scrap if he remains in charge next season.
Redfearn`s future is still unclear at Elland Road under Massimo Cellino and next weekend could be his final game in charge having taken over the job in November until the end of the season.
The former academy manager at Elland Road has pulled the side away from the relegation zone and their future in the championship was all but guaranteed by the end of March, as Leeds became one of the form sides in the championship in the second half of the season.
Redfearn had brought in former teammate Steve Thompson in as his assistant before the New Year and the pair led Leeds from just a point above the relegation zone at the turn of the year to the top half as Leeds put together a run of just three defeats in fifteen games.
Leeds were finally looking like a side on the rise until the club surprisingly sacked Thompson at the end of March to put Redfearn`s own future at the club in doubt.
The win at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday ended a run of five straight defeats for Leeds since the departure of Thompson and Redfearn, who is a lifelong Leeds supporter, says he only wants to remain with the club if they are to be challenging for success.
"I want to be at Leeds United but I want to be at Leeds United and be successful,"Redfearn told BBC Radio Leeds.
"I don`t want to be at Leeds United and be a mid-table side, I don`t want to be fighting relegation every year, I want to take this side up.
"If we are all thinking along the same lines and they are happy with it, then it is for me. I want this club to be successful. The supporters that turn out deserve success.
"The building blocks are in place. We are a young side and it needs some better players. We need to talk and listen to what one and other have to offer, as regarding experience about players that do come in and we can move things on from there."
Italian owner Massimo Cellino will return to Elland Road after the last game of the season against Rotherham United next weekend, as he completes his ownership ban set out by the Football League.
Redfearn is then likely to sit down with Cellino to discuss his future ahead of the management and players going away for their summer holidays.