These Leeds United fans loved world-renowned manager Pep Guardiola’s comments about Leeds and Marcelo Bielsa after Ian Poveda joined the Peacocks.
Leeds announced the signing of Poveda on 24th January, however, when Manchester City manager Guardiola was asked why he let the youngster leave, the Spaniard stated “Leeds United is an incredible challenge, to be training for one of the best or maybe the best manager in the world.”
The Peacocks fans were loving the praise from such a great manager like Pep, especially as he stated that Marcelo Bielsa is one of the best managers in the world.
Who is the better manager?
Pep Guardiola

Marcelo Bielsa

Here are some of the comments from the Leeds United fans on Twitter:
? "Leeds United is an incredible challenge, to be training for one of the best or maybe the best manager in the world…"
?? Pep Guardiola on the decision to allow forward Ian Poveda to leave Manchester City last week.#MCFC | #LUFC pic.twitter.com/sxtZBb6dnC
— Sport on Sporting Life (@SLSport_) January 26, 2020
— Lee Bielsa H (@Lee34145375) January 26, 2020
Nice words! Pep and Marcelo connection is strong
— Super_Leeds_MOT (@SuperLeedsUtd5) January 26, 2020
Great words from this great manager let’s hope Poveda develops into a brilliant player
— Shabaz Ahmed (@ShabazA70010194) January 26, 2020
Listen that’s simply class end of
— Nigel Rosendale ?? (@nr100ap) January 26, 2020
Great words from pep
— Simon Tweedy (@sdtweedy) January 26, 2020
— Ollie Flack (@FlackOllie) January 26, 2020
With Leeds playing against Millwall on 28th January, it’ll be interesting to see if Poveda will make his debut against the Lions.
What Do We Think?
It’s clear to see that Guardiola has a lot of respect for Bielsa, which could be very interesting in the future as maybe Leeds United and Manchester City could form a very healthy relationship when it comes to player transfers, especially considering they appear to have had some success in the past with Jack Harrison – a player they have an option to purchase permanently.