Steve Evans hopes to inject "a little bit more passion and hunger" into the squad after being appointed as the club’s new head coach.

Evans, having taken charge of training for the first time on Monday morning, will officially be unveiled at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon which will be shown live on LUTV.

The first task facing the former Rotherham boss is halting United’s run of three consecutive defeats, starting with a trip to Fulham on Wednesday night.

And Evans, who feels he is inheriting a team of “really talented players” at Elland Road, is keen to implement his methods from the off and see a response on the pitch.

“It’s difficult, but every manager has their own way of playing and different patterns of play,” he said.

“We’d like this Leeds United team to play with a little bit more intensity - there are some really talented players in that dressing room.

“We want to see a little bit more passion and hunger shown. That’s easy to talk about but harder to deliver on the pitch.

“Largely, our success as a management team over the last few years has come from players who have shown that passion and that desire to become very good players.

“We’ve already got very good players here when you look at the squad and break it down.

“The wonderful thing is, thanks to people like Neil Redfearn, there are some really talented youngsters.

“But their confidence is pretty low at the minute and that comes from not winning. It comes from perhaps not being picked in the side.

“As you’d expect me to say as a coach coming in, everyone here gets a clean slate and everyone gets a chance.

“There are some very talented boys here. We just want to see a little bit more aggression – channelled aggression – in our play and a little bit more passion.

“As a wee boy growing up, when Leeds United came to Glasgow Celtic they always played with wonderful passion. We have to create that here.”

Asked about his preferred formation, Evans added: “In an ideal world we’d love to play 4-4-2 with two strikers up the pitch and two wide players who can get up and down the pitch.

“We’d like a sitting midfield player and we’d like somebody who goes and joins the strikers.

“Today, with the amount of analysis and research teams do, you have to be able to vary that up.

“Traditionally I’ve played 4-4-2 but at times we’ll have to change and chop that. The system will be dictated by the playing staff.

“Certainly for two or three games we’re going to have to pick our thoughts on those players and put a system into place for Fulham, firstly, and then Bolton.

“We’ll then see where that takes us and where our thoughts are.”