Bielsa exposes spy-gate scandal in surprise press conference

In an expected turn of events Leeds Head Coach Marcelo Bielsa decided to schedule an unexpected news conference for 5pm yesterday evening.

The news sent social media into a spiral as rumours began that the conference was held for Bielsa to tell the press that he intended to step down from his post at Leeds United, an action he took during his time at Marseille.

In fact, what he greeted the press in the room turned out to perhaps be even more extraordinary. The Argentinian, who is revered by top coaches such as Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino, began by again accepting full responsibility for the spy-gate scandal and even revealed he had spied on all of the Whites’ Championship opponents this season.

“My goal is to make the (EFL) investigation easier.” Says Leeds have watched training sessions of opposition clubs before every game they’ve played. “By doing this, I assume the possible sanction that the authorities might bring.” – Marcelo Bielsa addressing the media

After reading a statement about his actions, Bielsa proceeded to show the audience a powerpoint display, featuring a complete run-down of the analysis of Derby County, who he used as an example.

The Argentine stated that this work took over 300 hours to complete and analysed formations changes, substitutions and in-depth knowledge on every individual opposition player down to every minute they have played in a certain position or formation.

Bielsa was attempting to show what by collecting this amount of data on players was his attempt to show respect for football and the league.

Bielsa also stated: “I can’t speak English but I can speak about the 24 teams of the Championship.”

His Leeds side are currently top of the Championship table, four points clear of Sheffield United and their manager drew praise for the way he opened up on his tactics and preparation for a game.

The man who has a stadium named after him at Newell’s Old Boys, put the excess of analysis down to his own anxieties, believing that if he did not put in this effort he would feel as though he is not working hard enough in his current role.

Bielsa faces Stoke’s Nathan Jones up next with his backroom team deciding to analyse all of Jones’ former side Luton’s games this season in order to get a head-start on the newly-appointed Potters boss.