Marcelo Bielsa Set For Return To Coaching, Gives Condition Before Taking His Next Job

Written By Onyeka Daniel

Former Leeds United coach, Marcelo Bielsa is set to return back to coaching as soon as the coming season as the former coach of Argentina has been linked with a return to Athletic Bilbao.

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Bielsa was the coach of Leeds from 2018 to 2022, leading them from relegation before he was sacked last year.

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He was the coach of Athletic Bilbao from 2011 to 2013 and he’s set for a return to the club, but on certain conditions.

Bielsa said he would return to the Bilbao bench if Inaki Arechabaleta wins the club’s election that will be taking place this Friday and is already hard at work even if he hasn’t been employed yet.

Arechabaleta is going to be running against Ricardo Barkala and Jon Uriarte. Bielsaa has said that he has already seen the 45 games Athletic played during the 2021/22 season as well as the 38 played by the club and more played by other teams connected to the club.

In total, he said, he’s seen and analysed 90 games. Bielsa believes Athletic should have finished higher in La Liga than their eighth place finish.

He said they should have been closer to Sevilla, Real Betis and Real Sociedad and believes that Los Leones should generally be pushing for fifth or sixth place. It is believed that he would sign a two year deal at the club. He’s expected to raise the level of the club.

Meanwhile…

Former Barcelona midfielder Ilaix Moriba looks set to join Dutch giants, Ajax and the Catalans will be due to some part of his transfer fee due to a clause in his contract when he left the club. Moriba joined RB Leipzig for a fee of around €16 million.

The youngster joined the German club in search of first team football, but he only played 30 minutes of football before he was loaned to Valencia during the January transfer window.

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At Valencia, he played regularly, churning out excellent performances, but that wasn’t enough to convince Leipzig. The Bundesliga giants are now set to offload the youngster this summer, with Ajax prepared to seal his services.

The move is nearing its completion, with the Dutch giants expected to fork out €22 million for the player. Barcelona will be due 10% of his transfer fee.

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(Diario Sport and Mundo Deportivo)