I’m not convinced that Bielsa has what it takes to be a success in England. There’s no doubting his actual ability to mould together a strong team unit that plays really aggressive and intense football. High defensive line, intense pressing and fast incisive football.
The problem is his lack of tactical flexibility and inability to communicate in other languages. He sticks to the same two formations; 4-2-3-1 or 3-3-1-3 and never really fully changes his tactics. That means his team can be super exciting but also caught out defensively. Also when he was in France with Marseille and Lille, he only communicated in Spanish. Now whilst that was ok in France where they can understand elements of Spanish, he also had to go through his Assistant when communicating to players. If he has actually learned English then that second issue won’t arise but if he hasn’t then he may have a problem getting his message across.
If they do appoint him I’d expect Leeds to play the best football in the league and will have a brilliant first half to the season. Then the players will start to burn up in the second half and have a weaker end to the season. That’s just what happens to his teams.
The problem is his lack of tactical flexibility and inability to communicate in other languages. He sticks to the same two formations; 4-2-3-1 or 3-3-1-3 and never really fully changes his tactics. That means his team can be super exciting but also caught out defensively. Also when he was in France with Marseille and Lille, he only communicated in Spanish. Now whilst that was ok in France where they can understand elements of Spanish, he also had to go through his Assistant when communicating to players. If he has actually learned English then that second issue won’t arise but if he hasn’t then he may have a problem getting his message across.
If they do appoint him I’d expect Leeds to play the best football in the league and will have a brilliant first half to the season. Then the players will start to burn up in the second half and have a weaker end to the season. That’s just what happens to his teams.