Marcelo Bielsa press conference recap - Leeds United's injuries, adversity and his Elland Road future
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The Whites have a lengthy injury list ahead of Saturday's clash with the Gunners.
The state of play in Bielsa's squad will be a hot topic as will the postponement of recent top flight matches due to Covid along with the reaction required to heavy defeat at Manchester City.
Follow every word the Leeds head coach has to say with the YEP live blog below...
Marcelo Bielsa pre-Arsenal press conference LIVE
Key Events
- Leeds United host Arsenal on Saturday
- Whites face Gunners in LS11 at 17.30
- Bielsa will face the media at 12.30 today
- Follow live updates from Thorp Arch below
Do you use adversity as a motivational tool?
“I face what I have to. Then I try to act with as much fortitude and strength as I can. I would prefer adversity not to be something we need to grow.
“If it does happen, more than interpreting it as something we can’t say we try to imagine it as a new challenge which is harder than the previous ones.”
People have question you have taken this team as far as you can... have you thought that yourself? Can you assure fans you’ll be here at the end of the season?
“I never feel it is good to promise. What you have asked me I don’t know how to interpret it.
“After a big defeat you’re very sensitive, to say that I have taken them as far as I can is to say it is a closed cycle.
Bielsa questions what the journalists means... he replies further...
“Of course I am going to continue fighting until the end of the season. I always thing with adversity you have to fight, you never know if strength is going to be enough and what the progression is of the difficulties we face.
“Having said that, I am going to fight until the end of the season without any doubts. I hope nothing happens that doesn’t allow that to act what I’ve said.”
Do you fear being sacked by Leeds?
“Do you think that any coach isn’t able to be sacked? Do you think that after suffering a 7-0 defeat I can disregard the instability? Do you think I’m so vain that I think I can’t be sacked?
“The job of a coach is not stable. I don’t have anything that makes me immune from that characteristic.
“After losing 7-0 it is the situation I have to live through. In all of these circumstances all I can do is fight.”
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