CHAMPIONSHIP
By Kingsley Henderson

HUMBLE: Liam Cooper

LEEDS manager Marcelo Bielsa has extolled the virtues of his captain Liam Cooper, comparing him to Athletic Bilbao’s Oscar De Marcos.
Bielsa said Leeds’ players would decide who would skipper his side this season shortly after he arrived in the UK and the Argentinian has been impressed by their collective choice.
“The captain has to be a good person,” said Bielsa.
“The values our captain transmits are summed up in the fact Cooper is more interested in the collective well-being of the ...