A lot of Leeds United fans are confused about why Marcelo Bielsa spent so much of his press conference talking about Eddie Nketiah and Jack Clarke.
The Argentine was talking about Jean-Kevin Augustin’s fitness and ended up speaking about Nketiah and Clarke.
Should Bielsa stop talking about Nketiah?
Yes
No
The Argentine supposedly sent a message to Clarke congratulating him on a performance for the Under-23s, and the next day he was recalled.
Bielsa then mentioned Nketiah and Phil Hay believed that this was the Argentine defending himself for the way he has treated his loan players, and Graham Smyth also thinks that Bielsa is still clearly hurt by the whole Nketiah situation.
However, these Leeds fans are sick of hearing about the Arsenal man.
back to speaking about Nketiah again. Not letting this one go. And Jack Clarke. Bielsa says he sent a message to Clarke after his last 23s appearance to congratulate him for his display. "The next day he left Leeds."
— Phil Hay (@PhilHay_) February 6, 2020
Maybe they didn’t believe u cos u never gave them a chance.
— jayjay82 (@jwh1982) February 6, 2020
Phil just tell him to play Poveda and Augustin ASAP and to stop talking about players no longer here. Thanks x
— MOTweets (@MOTweets1919) February 6, 2020
Should’ve played him then ay
— charlie (@ChellisMusic) February 6, 2020
Strange that a player scoring goals for England wasn’t happy playing 15 minutes a week behind Bamford didn’t want to spend another 5 months doing the same thing. Is this a joke??
— angsta (@angstas) February 6, 2020
I don’t think he wanted augustin he wanted Eddie to stay till end of season that’s why he not rushing him into playing him
— Stephen Maher ?? (@stevemaher34) February 6, 2020
Other Whites supporters could tell that Bielsa was annoyed.
He doesn’t sound happy
— DB (@wakefield1967) February 6, 2020
he sounds very agitated …. not looking good
— Julian Fortuna (@jfortuna42) February 6, 2020
What do we think?
Leeds lost Nketiah back to Arsenal just over a month ago, and since then, the 20-year-old has played just 107 minutes yet he was recalled because of a lack of game time.
This does not seem to make much sense, and it is understandable why Bielsa is annoyed.
However, the club replaced him with Jean-Kevin Augustin, and the Argentine should move on and focus on the rest of the season.
Nketiah, who is valued at £7.2m by Transfermarkt, has moved on, and it is time for Bielsa to as well.