Victor Orta on his Derby County binoculars and why his emotions run high at Leeds United

Victor Orta has admitted that his passion often gets the better of him but has voiced no regrets over his binocular antics at Derby County last month.

The Leeds United sporting director assisted in building and shaping Marcelo Bielsa's title-winning squad in West Yorkshire this term having arrived at the club alongside chairman Andrea Radrizzani over three years ago.

Orta has become well known among the United fan base for his regular outbursts of emotion in the directors' box during first team games.

The Spaniard was also seen celebrating vehemently at Elland Road with supporters in the wake of promotion and was caught on camera with binoculars at Pride Park after the Championship title was confirmed.

The reference to the 'Spygate' saga only endeared him further with the Whites' faithful, as Leeds ended a 16-year absence from Premier League football.

"I respected Derby County's celebration of the semi-final last year," Orta explained to La Tercera.

"There was not a note from the club [when Derby won]. Nobody said anything. You lose, you suck it. So clear.

"And the other day someone brought the binoculars. And in a moment of exaltation, when the title was confirmed, I remembered. More as a joke than a rematch.

"But hey, I guess there are times when you are wrong. I don't regret it, but maybe I should have thought twice."

Orta, though, has also conceded that he often lets his heart rule his head - but says it is just simply part of who he is and the passion he has for the game.

"They separate us from the directives, not like in Spain. In Elche I learned that it was not a behaviour for where it was," he said.

"I decided to watch the games outside the box, I understood that it could be annoying. But soccer belongs to the fan and soccer is passion and feeling. And yes, sometimes I'm wrong.

"I have to moderate myself. But it is part of myself. I was a fan, I know what fans feel when you win and when you lose. I try to moderate myself, but I admit that I do not succeed."

Asked about the raucous Leeds support, he added: "The most passionate fans in England, the most Latin. They had a bad time. They lived the tension of a large team in the eager search to return to their place, the Premier. And now there is a sense of relief."