From Leeds anxiety to Pep Guardiola: 10 extraordinary quotes from Marcelo Bielsa's impromptu spygate press conference

Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa held an hour-long press conference to address 'Spy Gate' on Wednesday evening - and we've attempted to digest it all.

We've picked out 10 standout quotes from the Argentine's impromptu media gathering to help you try and understand how yesterday's extraordinary events panned out. Scroll and click through the pages:

From Leeds anxiety to Pep Guardiola: 10 extraordinary quotes from Marcelo Bielsa's impromptu 'spy gate' press conferenceplaceholder image
From Leeds anxiety to Pep Guardiola: 10 extraordinary quotes from Marcelo Bielsa's impromptu 'spy gate' press conference
I observed all the rivals and we watched all the training sessions of the opponents before we played against them.placeholder image
I observed all the rivals and we watched all the training sessions of the opponents before we played against them.
Regarding what I have done, what I have done is not illegal. It's not specified and it's not restrained. We can discuss about it. It's not seen as a good thing but it is not a violation of the law.placeholder image
Regarding what I have done, what I have done is not illegal. It's not specified and it's not restrained. We can discuss about it. It's not seen as a good thing but it is not a violation of the law.
These 20 people create a volume of information. It's absolutely not necessary. It doesn't define the path of the competition. So why do we do that? Because we feel guilty if we don't work enough. It allows us to not have anxiety.placeholder image
These 20 people create a volume of information. It's absolutely not necessary. It doesn't define the path of the competition. So why do we do that? Because we feel guilty if we don't work enough. It allows us to not have anxiety.
Of each opponent we watched all the games of 2018/19 - we watched the 51 games of Derby County. The analysis of each game takes four hours of work - why did we do that? Because we think it is professional behaviour.placeholder image
Of each opponent we watched all the games of 2018/19 - we watched the 51 games of Derby County. The analysis of each game takes four hours of work - why did we do that? Because we think it is professional behaviour.
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