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According to BBC Sport, Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa could spend as little as 36 hours in Australia as part of the club’s pre-season tour, and has shown exactly who is boss at Elland Road as a result.
On the chalkboard
The Argentine is someone that likes to be in charge of a number of different things at whichever club he is at, and it has been no different with the Yorkshire outfit – he even paid the £200,000 ‘spygate’ fine out of his own pocket.
The expectation from Andrea Radrizzani and those in Oz likely would have been for the 63-year-old to spend the entirety of the trip down under with a full squad, but instead just 16 players are there as things stand with their boss still at home and only joining them on the eve of their friendly clash with Manchester United in Perth on Wednesday, as per The Yorkshire Evening Post.
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Football Insider reported last week that Bielsa wasn’t happy about the trip despite knowing about it for a number of months, and he has shown just how much he disapproves with his latest actions – he is also considering missing the clash against the Western Sydney Wanderers on July 20 altogether.
Bielsa’s in charge
The tour may well be good for Leeds from an image and financial point of view, but it’s clear that all the enigmatic South American cares about is making up for a disappointing 2018/19 campaign and winning promotion to the Premier League next term.
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The fact that he wants to ensure that those players left behind in England – including all of their new signings bar Jack Harrison and anyone that returned to pre-season training after the main group – shows how meticulous he is, and indicates how much of a control freak he can be.
That isn’t necessarily a bad thing though because a club like the Whites need some control, and it shows his determination to ensure that his squad is ready for what is going to be another tough year in the Championship.
With just a few weeks to go until the season kicks off, Bielsa is right to stamp his foot down and show some authority in what is a far from ideal situation, and as a result he is showing exactly who is boss.