OPINION
If ever a picture told a thousand words, as the old saying goes, it was the image posted on social media of Marcelo Bielsa outside the Leeds United dressing room at Loftus Road on Tuesday night.
Yorkshire Post photographer Bruce Rollinson uploaded an image on to his personal Twitter account that showed the Argentine sat on his haunches, alone and staring at the ground half-an-hour after the whistle had blown on the 1-0 defeat for his side.
Marcelo Bielsa takes moment to reflect on @LUFC loosing 1-0 to @QPR @YPSport @LeedsUnitedYEP @PhilHayYEP @LeeSobotYEP @JoeUrquhartYEP @YEPSportsdesk #lufc #LeedsUnited #QPRFC #marcelobielsa pic.twitter.com/413r9CpM3R
— Bruce Rollinson ? (@brucerollinson) February 26, 2019
This spoke volumes for the heartfelt feelings of Bielsa and how much he cares about Leeds and his job of overseeing the club’s promotion campaign.
It also says much about his own character and how deeply he takes setbacks; the torment, the private agony, the despair.
United fans will love this image, as it shows the manager is no money-grabbing mercenary, intent on solely feathering his nest during the first season in England of his glittering coaching career.
Bielsa was reported on Tuesday to be raking in £65,000-a-week at Leeds after signing a two-year contract last summer, treble the salary of any other manager in the Championship.
Few of the Whites faithful will quibble too much with that, after his transformative effect on the team that slumped to a 13th place finish last season.
Perhaps they will instead be thinking, ‘Can I just give Marcelo a cuddle?’