A lot of Leeds United fans have responded to a tweet from LearnEnglishThroughFootball that has a picture of Marcelo Bielsa back in his playing days for Newell’s Old Boys.
The image of Bielsa has gone down well with many Leeds fans, who are clearly impressed by the way their manager looks in the picture.
Marcelo Bielsa as a player at Newell's Old Boys. pic.twitter.com/Z6lQFxzxyb
— LearnEnglishThroughFootball (@LETFootball) April 14, 2020
Some lads have it all #lufc
— Richard Sutton (@rich_sutt) April 15, 2020
Handsome devil
— Karl Cotterill (@KarlCotterill) April 16, 2020
@TheSquareBall – a new crush for Moscowhite
— Chris Moore (@chrisjmoore87) April 15, 2020
Looking good eh & no Costa takeaway cup or Safeway plastic bag in sight!
— david roberts (@davidro83728290) April 15, 2020
@MaBrooon there he is!!!
— Atif Hussain (@generalscenes) April 15, 2020
— Paul Savage (@Savage33Paul) April 16, 2020
Get that T-shirt in the Leeds United store @LUFC
— margotswift (@margotswift) April 16, 2020
You wouldn’t mess with him would you!!
— PaulMak (@pmak27) April 16, 2020
What do we think?
This old image of Bielsa seems to have gone down well with these Leeds fans, and it is good to see them praising their manager.
Are you a fan of this Bielsa image?
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Bielsa was a player until he retired when he was just 25 before becoming the head coach of Newell’s Old Boys and guiding them to the final of the Copa Libertadores in 1992 – where they lost to Sao Paulo.
Since then, the Argentine has coached the likes of Marseille, Athletic Bilbao, his native Argentina and the Whites.
His reputation as a manager has also seen him receive praise from the likes of Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino.
So, while he was clearly a good-looking man, his fame and notoriety have come from his managerial career rather than his playing one.