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BAMFORD CAN MAKE IT SO EMOTIONAL FOR BIELSA

By Chris Dunlavy

HOT-SHOT: Patrick Bamford in action for Middlesbrough last season
PICTURES: Action Images

MARCELO Bielsa says memories are more im- portant than money as he prepares for his first-ever game in English football.
The Argentine – hailed as the best coach in the world by Pep Guardiola – is being paid £3m a year to end Leeds’ 13-year exile from the Premier League.
That’s more than any other manager in the Championship and more than double the salary of England coach Gareth Southgate.
But the former Chile and Argentina boss, 63, says he is a...

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