Pundit claims Leeds could be making a ‘huge mistake’ after source’s Bielsa reveal
Leeds United would be making a “huge mistake” if they sacked Marcelo Bielsa.
That’s according to former West Ham hitman Frank McAvennie, speaking exclusively to Football Insider about the Argentine’s future.
A Leeds source has told Football Insider (21 December) Bielsa is under growing pressure to keep his job at Leeds United and remarkably could be sacked as early as next month.
The source told Football Insider that Bielsa “won’t be at Leeds next season” amid a growing acceptance among the club’s senior figures that his fourth campaign will be his last.
The Whites sit 16th in the Premier League table and five points off the relegation places.
McAvennie has told Leeds to back Bielsa until the end of the season
“Leeds have had absolutely no luck this season,” McAvennie told Football Insider correspondent Ben Wild.
“Some people will argue it’s Bielsa who is getting his players injured but this hasn’t happened during his previous time at the club.
“He’s been given some horrible luck and all you have to do is look at the bench against Arsenal.
“It was all 15 and 16-year-olds for god’s sake. He’s never been able to play his strongest side.
“I just look and I don’t see anyone who could come into Leeds and do a better job than Bielsa.
“If there is a man to turn the ship around, it’s him. The man is a legend there, he has earned the chance to keep Leeds up.
“I think he probably will as well, then he can walk at the end of the season.
“I think sacking him would be horrible, a huge mistake.”
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