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How Marcelo ‘El Loco’ Bielsa is working his inimitable magic in restoring Leeds United to the top of English football

The veteran Argentine is taking on one of his most ambitious projects in attempting to restore a fallen giant to the top table

Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa sat atop his now signature blue bucket near the Leeds dugout. Photo: Twitter

Athletic Bilbao were leading 2-0 against Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United at Old Trafford when Ander Herrera spoke to his coach, Marcelo Bielsa.

“Bielsa wouldn’t let us stop,” Herrera said. “We thought he wanted to close down the game. No, Bielsa wanted a third and a fourth. He could live with conceding a goal from a counter attack because that meant we’d have been attacking. He’s a football romantic. He thinks that football should be a spectacle.”