Leeds United v Middlesbrough: Daniel Farke press conference every word, Stuart Dallas, Djed Spence updates

"No because at the moment he is just on individual training. He joined us a few weeks ago in parts of our team training but at the moment there are still a few problems in his return back or his body reacted a bit. It is also quite normal after after such a long time and at the moment, he's just training individually so he would just edge closer when he can train with us again in these major parts of the team training. At the moment, I don't want to put too much weight on his shoulders. He just should concentrate on the work with our rehab coaches until they give a green light and our doctors give a green light for team training. He's not near to joining us for being in contention for games or whatever. The next step is definitely to return to team training."

"The most important topic is that you score goals, I've spoken about this in the beginning of the season, I spoke about something like whatever 35 striker goals and if there is one main striker who scores 35 and the others not or if there are four strikers who share equally, if I'm honest, I don't mind - the most important topic is that you share goals. It's always good to be not predictable, that you have many, many threats and it's quite crucial that there is not just one main man although it good to have this and we are on a good path in many ways but we need goals from all over the pitch but not just from our offensive platers but also defensive players. I mentioned that Luke Ayling got a crucial goal, Pascal Struijk is already there, Liam Cooper, so we need also this goal to change from set pieces and also the during the season. Sometimes when there's a tight game and it is difficult and the opponent parks the bus, sometimes you even have to open the door with a goal out of a header or a set piece or second phase so it's good to have many players on the pitch who can score goals. I think we still can prove a bit our effectiveness upfront although we are there with good numbers already. I think we can execute a few more goals out of perhaps a few more defensive positions. We have already a few but there's also time o score again out of a set piece and my gut feeling is we need this again as well and if we do this we are on a good path."

"You can be the mentally strongest person in the world and the best character in the world and believe me Stuart is not far away from being this person. He is outstanding. But if you have such a long rehab, it's always a hard road back and there are definitely also sometimes days where you suffer. I think it's important that we also give him in this moment more like familiar surroundings, lots of support and especially the coaches work with him quite closely, our physios, our medical department, and also we as a whole group, the whole team and our staff hopefully also makes him welcome and also give him lots of support but this is also not pretending because he's such a great lead and although he's just sometimes there in moments in the dressing room, he is still great with his character, with a sense of humour, with just the person that he is and for me he is still an important part. Yes, he would be even more important if he was back in team training and he would offer another option for the games. But for me he is still important also for this group and I also encourage him to talk to and speak with the younger lads to give his experience and are all still happy that he's around but I would at least suggest that also for him, it's sometimes also quite difficult, but if he has his difficult days, he definitely hides that in a perfect way and I have to say when he is around at the moment that he is always outstanding."