Gordon Strachan has had his say on his former side’s return to the Premier League.

Gordon Strachan has made a confident Leeds United prediction with backing for a key Whites figure and Scotland example.

Strachan’s former side approached last week’s triple header of huge tests against Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool having fallen into the Premier League’s relegation zone after four consecutive defeats.

United’s position had boss Daniel Farke facing questions about his job but Farke’s side responded by taking four points from a possible nine in three of the toughest tests that the division has to offer.

Following a heart-breaking 3-2 defeat at Manchester City, the points amassed from Wednesday night’s 3-1 win at home to Chelsea and Saturday’s 3-3 draw against defending champions Liverpool now have Leeds up to 16th place and two points clear of the dropzone.

Speaking to BestBettingSites, Strachan declared his “absolute” belief that Leeds would now avoid relegation and served up praise for Whites boss Farke despite an honest quality admission and comparison to the Scotland national side.

“With Leeds, I never saw that”

Strachan reasoned: “When you see a manager under pressure, or a team that is struggling, you usually see players who are disheartened, lacking confidence, or having trouble putting effort in. But with Leeds, I never saw that. The players were always putting the effort in.

“But at the same time, a lot of Leeds players, I thought if you put them up for sale, I wouldn’t see many Premier Leagues rushing in to buy them. I don’t mean that disrespectfully, it’s just that they didn’t quite have the ability for the Premier League.

“But usually you see a struggling manager who loses the dressing room, they say, or the players down tools, but that wasn’t happening at Leeds.

“I think they will have to get by on common sense and effort, and hope that is enough, because there are not enough star players there. They’re a bit like Scotland.

“They need to make the most of what they have and they have to earn their wins as a team, every move has to be earned. Unless they get a Scott McTominay, they will struggle in the best league in the world.

“I’m quite happy with how they are going now, because they spent a fair amount, but I don’t want to see them go and spend £300 million that could put themselves back into the crisis they found themselves in a few years ago. Will they beat the drop? I’m saying yes, absolutely.”