Leeds United fans on Twitter have been responding to the latest comments made by Marcelo Bielsa on Leeds defender Robin Koch.
This comes after Leeds news Twitter account @LUFCDATA shared a post on their page relaying quotes originally said by Bielsa during his recent press conference ahead of the Yorkshire club’s Premier League clash against Aston Villa.
During the press conference, Bielsa was asked if he has been pleased by Koch’s performances for Leeds so far. In response, he said: “He has had performances of a good level in all of his games. In the first half against Wolves, he produced a performance above what he had been showing, which was already good.”
Now that these comments from Bielsa on Koch were shared onto Twitter, they quickly grabbed the attention of a lot of replies from Leeds fans who were quick to share their thoughts on what Bielsa had to say.
So, what did these Leeds fans make of Bielsa’s comments?
https://twitter.com/LUFCDATA/status/1319006369543061506
That’s the highest praise a player can get from Bielsa,he basically called Koch world class.
— Barry Whitwell (@BarryWhitwell) October 21, 2020
Leeds signed Koch from German club SC Freiburg for a fee of £11.7 million during the recent summer transfer window.
Praise indeed …. Well deserved!
? #MOT #VLC— Pan Ngam-Akson (@BangkokneyPan) October 22, 2020
Since arriving at Elland Road, Koch has played in all five of Leeds’ Premier League games, earning himself a season rating of 6.69/10 for his performances (per WhoScored).
Been absolutely class latley bargain for what we paid ?
— Jordan stephenson?? (@Jordstevo21) October 21, 2020
Leeds’ latest league fixture saw them lose 1-0 to Wolves on Monday night. Koch’s performance in the defeat earned him a match rating of 7.19/10, making him the highest-rated Leeds player on the night (per WhoScored).
Been outstanding so far, gets better every game. You can really see he’s hungry to impress and improve as well. Great signing
— Matt Lock (@MLAW1984) October 22, 2020
Have you been impressed by Robin Koch so far?
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Bargain of the season I think. He already looks the player, showing a different level of play compared to White dare I say, his confidence on the ball is fantastic. Against Wolves he had 3 players around him and him managed to dribble the ball out with ease.
— BARNEY (@barney___21) October 21, 2020
Now that this Leeds Twitter account has relayed these comments from Bielsa on Koch onto their page, this paved the way for lots of Whites fans to share their thoughts on the player.
Really encouraged in particular to see him drill a couple of passes through traffic into players in advanced positions
— sidney.ruffdiamond (@sid_ruffdiamond) October 21, 2020
It’s great to hear this praise Bielsa has for Koch. Looking at the replies to this post, it appears that these Leeds fans have been very impressed by what they’ve seen from the 24-year-old so far.
Even though Leeds lost against Wolves, Koch’s performance in the match showed that he has what it takes to perform well in the Premier League, which will be encouraging to these Leeds fans.