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The million dollar question (and everyone's in Leeds): Will Bielsa direct in the Premier League?

2020-07-18T20:56:25.961Z


Despite the euphoria surrounding its name, its continuity is not yet sealed: the meetings will begin next week.


07/18/2020 - 14:09

  • Clarín.com
  • sports

Marcelo Bielsa is the hero of Leeds United. His first and last name are sung to the beat of The White Stripes hit Seven Nation Army, the fans dedicated a street to him, the players adore him ... and the leaders too. However, the future of the technical director at the head of the English team is not yet sealed. The new champion of the Championship does not want to lose it.

After a long night of post-promotion celebrations for Leeds - “There are several with headaches: one of them is me. Last night we had a lot of fun, ”said Angus Kinnear, CEO of the club- the goal of the English leadership is to retain Bielsa to stay to direct the 2020/21 season .

There is, of course, optimism that Rosario will continue to lead the team to play in the Premier League . After two years of struggle, the promotion with a title bonus track appears as an interesting incentive for El Loco to agree to continue. However, it is not until next week that formal talks will begin to outline the future .

According to British media, Víctor Orta - sports director of the champion of the Football League Championship - and Bielsa will meet once the season is over (officially ends on Wednesday) to plan what is to come.

Andrea Radrizzani, the owner of Leeds , warned that the club's ambition "has not ended with the promotion" but that it wants growth to continue, to the point that reinforcement variants for the next tournament have already been analyzed. But the best of all would be to ensure the Loco's continuity.

Bielsa, who came to English football in 2018, had extended his contract with Leeds United in May 2019 and for a season in pursuit of the great feat: promotion to the Premier. After 16 years, the club managed to embrace that achievement and has already established Rosario as one of the great heroes.

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His campaign in the FLC was huge: Adding up his two seasons, the team was just three times out of the top three locations. He was leader in 35 dates, second in another 35 and third in 17 . Never dropped below the top 5.

In turn, the santafesino is already one of the four technicians who won titles at Leeds along with Arthur Fairclough (1923/24, second division), Don Revie (63/65 -2da-, 68/69 and 73/74 in first) and Howard Wilkinson (89/90 -2nd- and 91/92 in the highest category).

Revenue from television rights - Premier League clubs receive £ 170m - will help balance the numbers for Italian Andrea Radrizzani, the businessman who owns the club, after two seasons of stark austerity - beyond what costly was the pass of the scorer Patrick Bamford-.

But it will also give Bielsa the chance to renegotiate his contract and, above all, add hierarchical reinforcements to empower the team in one of the most competitive leagues in the world.

It is that there, in the elite of English football, Bielsa will be able to sit at the same table as Jürgen Klopp, Carlo Ancelotti, José Mourinho and Pep Guardiola, perhaps the four most important coaches in the world - only missing Zinedine Zidane, the brain of Real Madrid-, not counting ascendants Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is showing his credentials at Manchester United, and Frank Lampard, who has a good season with Chelsea. 

Source: clarin

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