(Reuters) - Former Leeds United manager Javi Gracia has defended his record at the relegation-threatened club and called for greater stability in the Premier League after being sacked and replaced by Sam Allardyce until the end of the campaign.
Leeds are 17th in the table with 30 points, only above 18th-placed Nottingham Forest, who currently occupy the final relegation spot, on goal difference with four games remaining.
"I do think to be able to do a good job, greater stability is needed," Gracia told The Athletic, adding that he was sacked over a phone call on his birthday."It is more healthy and you are able to show your best work. "Of course, we were in a moment during the last few games that was not what we hoped, but from another point of view, other teams were doing worse than us. So you can be optimistic in some way."
"When we arrived, we were 19th in the table. In my first training session we had 11 players injured and we trained with 10 healthy outfield senior players. This was not easy," he added.
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