Championship

CLOTET: I ADMIRE BIELSA’S METHODS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
20 October 2019

By Jack Billam
CHAMPIONSHIP

PRAISED: Marcelo Bielsa

BIRMINGHAM City caretaker manager Pep Clotet has admitted he is a huge fan of Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa.
Bielsa joined the Whites in June last year after spells in charge of Lille, Lazio, Marseille and Athletic Bilbao, while he has also managed Argentina and Chile’s national sides.
The 64-year-old has been hailed as “the best manager in the world” by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and is renowned for his influential style. Clotet has followed Bielsa’s career closely and admits some of the techniques he...

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