da pixbet： There’s no doubting that Marcelo Bielsa is a wonderful manager.
da dobrowin： The Argentine has turned Leeds from a mid-table side to genuine promotion contenders in his 18 months at the club, and you don’t earn the moniker of the best coach in the world without having a bit about you.
However, despite his cult hero status in South America, the 64-year-old hasn’t really achieved all that much in his career.
Yes, he’s held some incredibly high-profile jobs such as managing the Argentina national team and big sides such as Marseille and Athletic Bilbao, but his trophy cabinet is still lacking in silverware.
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The gaffer has never won a major trophy in his career, and at the age of 64, time is running out for him to cement his legacy in football.
Nobody remembers the runners-up, and Bielsa’s career has seen him fall into that category, falling short in both the Copa America final and the Europa League final throughout his career.
Fortunately, the gaffer is currently in a job that doesn’t demand silverware to forge a legacy.
The former Chile boss doesn’t need to win a cup at Leeds to be remembered as one of the club’s greatest ever figures; all he has to do is lead them back to the Premier League.
2020 signifies 16 years since the Whites played top-flight football, and with the club sitting in second place with just 13 games to go, this may be their best chance of getting back to the promised land.
However, Leeds are dwindling – they’ve won just twice since the turn of the year, and they only remain in the top two by three points.
If Bielsa gets Leeds up, he won’t be up there with Brian Clough, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger as one of the best managers this country has ever seen.
However, he will rightfully have a place alongside the likes of Don Revie and Howard Wilkinson as a true Leeds United legend for guiding them out of the wilderness that they’ve aimlessly been wandering for the best part of two decades, with scintillating football to boot.
Fail to do so, and the question becomes where does Bielsa go from here? Falling short at two attempts of promotion and reaching retirement age, no silverware to show for all his hard work leaves him in a quandary.
For all the glowing endorsements and experimental methods, Bielsa’s legacy might well end up being one of a manager whose ideas never quite worked in practice if that proves the case once again at Elland Road.
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