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Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has appealed for patience in the club's pursuit of a new manager after Rayo Vallecano's Andoni Iraola turned down their approach on Wednesday night.
Just 24 hours after Radrizzani had hinted that a conclusion to their search for Jesse Marsch's successor was close, the Italian was more circumspect as negotiations reached an impasse.
Radrizzani had tweeted: 'We are on it. Hopefully white smoke by tonight or [tomorrow] morning.' But by yesterday, Radrizzani was posting: 'Not yet...need more time.'
As Sportsmail revealed, director of football Victor Orta had led a Leeds delegation to Madrid on Tuesday to approach Vallecano coach Iraola. Optimism was initially high that the highly-rated 40-year-old favoured by Orta could be prised away but by the end of
